Burma warns foreign governments ove

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Wednesday, July 8, 1998 Published at 15:26 GMT 16:26 UK 

World: Asia-Pacific

Burma warns foreign governments over comments 

In the wake of an all-night confrontation between Burmese police and the
pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, the military authorities have
criticised foreign governments. 

They said comments about the political situation in Burma could damage
relations between south-east Asian countries, and stressed they were
handling events with restraint. 

Thailand had said earlier that instability in Burma could lead to unrest
along their common border. 

Aung San Suu Kyi and the chairman of her National League for Democracy,
Aung Shwe, spent the night in their car eighty kilometres north of the
capital, Rangoon, after being stopped by more than thirty police on their
way to a meeting with NLD local officials. 

One official was later allowed to see them at the scene. 

>From the newsroom of the BBC World Service