BBC-Burmese authorities threaten op

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Tuesday, September 1, 1998 Published at 10:20 GMT 11:20 UK 

Burmese authorities threaten opposition 

The Burmese military government says it could not rule out imprisoning the
opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, if she goes ahead with her plan to
convene a people's parliament. 

Miss Suu Kyi is planning to set up the parliament in the next few weeks as
part of her campaign to restore democracy to Burma. 

But a government spokesman told the BBC that the authorities would, as he
put it, do whatever was necessary to maintain national security. 

In a separate interview, Aung San Suu Kyi, said members of her opposition
National League for Democracy had to be prepared to go to jail at any time.




>From the newsroom of the BBC World Service