Myanmar readies jail for Suu Kyi, s (r)

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Re: Myanmar readies jail fro Suu Kyi, says opposition
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We won't take anything we heard from both sides as a psychological 
warfare. I believe, NLD won't set a dealine for a parliament to be 
convened unless the time is right. Why should we doubt that now? After 
all, NLD has the mandate to do so in the first place. 

SPDC on the otherhand will try various means to put a wedge between
Daw Aung San suu Kyi and all her supporters. But, it won't work.   
She won't budge and she would not accept any special treatment for her 
in any case. 

Bogyoke Aung San was assassinated while he was making plans to gain 
independence from the British on 19 July 1947.

Now, 51 years later, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the daughter of Bogyoke Aung 
San is again making plans for the entire nation to gain a second 
independence. We are lucky to have a leader like her who stood up 
selflessly for the people of Burma who are under the rule of an 
oppressive and corrupt military regime for more than 36 years 
(1962-1998). 

What is needed is a peaceful dialogue and settlement to convene a
parliament to draft a constitution that we all want. There is no need 
for the SPDC to create more troubles within the country as they have 
done in 1988. It is not necessary that we should ask outside help if we 
can understand each other and compromise. Since more 82% of the populace 
voted for the NLD in the May 1990 general elections, there is no way 
that SPDC the can claim the support of the majority of the people.

In solidary with the NLD movements,

Min Kyaw Minn
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> Myanmar readies jail for Suu Kyi, says opposition 
>06:04 a.m. Jul 02, 1998 Eastern 
>
>By Sutin Wannabovorn 
>
>BANGKOK, July 2 (Reuters) - Myanmar's military is preparing a special 
cell
>in its notorious Insein prison for opposition leader and Nobel Peace 
Prize
>winner Aung San Suu Kyi, days after threatening to take legal action
>against her, opposition sources said on Thursday. 
>
>But Yangon-based diplomats said the threat of legal action may be mere
>psychological warfare, with neither the junta nor the opposition really
>intending to step over established battle lines. 
>
>``According to informed sources from Insein Prison in Rangoon (Yangon), 
a
>special detached house located in the women's section of the prison was
>being renovated last week, believed to be for Burma's pro-democracy 
leader
>Daw Aung San Suu Kyi,'' the exiled All Burma Students' Democratic Front
>said in a statement. 
>
>Military spokesmen were not immediately available to comment. 
>
>Insein was the prison where scores of pro-democracy protesters were
>tortured and killed by the military after it seized power in a bloody 
coup
>in September 1988. 
>
>The renovation started immediately after Suu Kyi's National League for
>Democracy (NLD) party sent a letter to the ruling State Peace and
>Development Council (SPDC) demanding that the junta convene a 
parliament by
>August 2 in accordance with the results of aborted 1990 elections. 
>
>The NLD swept the election, but its victory was never recognised by the
>military. 
>
>The two sides have since been at political loggerheads, with the 
opposition
>accusing the military of abusing human rights and curbing its 
activities. 
>
>
>
>For the first time since the May 1990 election, the military allowed 
the
>NLD to hold a gathering on May 27 in Suu Kyi's Yangon home to mark the
>eighth anniversary of the polls victory. Analysts believed then that 
this
>pointed to a warming of ties between the two sides. 
>
>But at the gathering, Suu Kyi launched a fresh political offensive and
>demanded that parliament be convened. 
>
>The military government bluntly rejected the NLD demand, saying that 
the
>convening of parliament was impossible until the National Convention of
>delegates, hand-picked by the military for the purpose, had drafted a 
new
>constitution for the country. 
>
>It also accused Suu Kyi of obstructing the convention's work. 
>
>``The Myanmar government and its people can no longer tolerate the acts 
of
>Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who ignores the interest of the nation and 
people,''
>the government warned in commentaries run in all three state-run 
Myanmar
>newspapers. 
>
>They said that those who obstructed the convention's functions faced 
five
>to 20 years jail. 
>
>State media also ran similar warnings in 1989 shortly before Suu Kyi 
was
>placed under six years of house arrest. 
>
>``The government made similar threats to her prior to her house arrest 
in
>1989, but things have changed now. There are other factors now, 
especially
>pressure from Japan, which has barred SPDC from taking action against
>her,'' a Yangon-based diplomat said. 
>
>
>
>The Japanese government recently threatened to withdraw financial 
support
>for the SPDC if it continued to delay completion of the new charter, 
the
>diplomat added. 
>
>The military established the National Convention in early 1993 and 
claims
>that two thirds of the new charter has been completed, but has set no 
time
>frame for its completion. The convention has also not met for some time
>now. 
>
>``I think this fresh threat may be merely psychological warfare where 
both
>parties pay lip service but no action is taken,'' the diplomat said. 
>
>Another diplomatic source also said some tension between the junta and 
the
>NLD was building up in Yangon, but the chances of the SPDC taking 
action
>against Suu Kyi may be slim. 
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