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Detained Foreigners under Interrogation in Myanmar

            Xinhua
            13-AUG-98

            YANGON (Aug. 13) XINHUA - The Myanmar authorities are
            interrogating the 18 detained foreigners for allegedly
attempting to
            incite unrest in the country, the official newspaper The New
Light of
            Myanmar reported Thursday. 

            The eighteen foreigners, who were caught last Sunday in the
capital of
            Yangon, are reportedly from the United States, Australia,
Indonesia,
            Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand. 

            On the request of the United States and Indonesian embassies
here,
            the authorities permitted on Tuesday diplomats of the two
embassies
            to meet with their citizens under detention. 

            The foreigners, who arrived here last Friday, distributed in
downtown
            Yangon instigative leaflets smuggled into the country,
voicing support
            for the Myanmar people in their struggle for human rights
and
            democracy.