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South China Morning Post
Monday  August 24  1998

Doctors banned at site of stand-off 

ASSOCIATED PRESS in Rangoon 
Doctors have been banned from visiting opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi
as her stand-off with police outside Rangoon entered its 12th day, her
party said yesterday.

Ms Aung San Suu Kyi and three colleagues are camped inside a van 32km west
of the capital. Authorities are refusing to let her proceed to Bassein,
where she intended to meet party members.

"The personal physicians of Aung San Suu Kyi were not allowed to see her on
Saturday," said Tin Oo, the vice-chairman of the National League for
Democracy (NLD).

Ms Aung San Suu Kyi's doctors were permitted to visit her twice earlier in
the week. They said after examining her the first time that she was
suffering from low blood pressure and some kidney problems. On Friday, they
said her blood pressure had improved, but kidney problems persisted, along
with bowel problems and dizziness.

Ms Aung San Suu Kyi has offered to end her protest if the Government
releases jailed party members.

Meanwhile, the junta said the NLD's decision to convene its own parliament
was illegal.

"Such a move by any individual political party would be in contravention of
Myanmar law and seems designed to derail the ongoing discussions between
the Government and the NLD," a junta spokesman said.

The NLD said it would shortly convene the parliament, elected in 1990 in
polls which were won in a landslide by opposition forces. The junta has
since refused to relinquish power.

Senior NLD and junta officials held talks on Tuesday for the first time
this year.