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AFP she was "as strong as ever".



The Straits Times
AUG 1 1998

Police deployed around suu kyi's home 


YANGON -- Scores of police were deployed yesterday around the home of
opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the headquarters of her National
League for Democracy (NLD), witnesses said. 

Supporters were allowed to visit the NLD headquarters freely, but most were
turned away from the Nobel peace laureate's home, they added. 

Senior foreign diplomats were refused access to the home of Ms Aung San Suu
Kyi, who was dragged back to Yangon by officials late on Wednesday after a
six-day car sit-in protest. 

The police were from anti-riot units and many were armed with assault
rifles, the witnesses said. 

Scores of police were also deployed at strategic locations throughout
Yangon ahead of the 10th anniversary on Aug 8 of a crackdown on
pro-democracy protesters. 

The police, some with assault rifles and heavy machine-guns, were posted at
key intersections and bridges. 

Ms Suu Kyi began her protest last Friday in her car, where she had remained
some 26 km outside Yangon after being blocked by the military. 

After her forced return home, she had pledged to defy the junta again and
seek to visit supporters outside the capital. 

The junta said on Thursday that the removal of Ms Suu Kyi was based on the
recommendations from her personal doctor, who had expressed concerns about
her health. 

 NLD spokesman said she was suffering from dehydration and a fever after
her return but quoted her as saying that she was "as strong as ever". AFP