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Statement on the political crack down by the SPDC on the opposition
(No. 9/98)

8th September 1998

1. It has been learnt that the military junta, calling itself the State
Peace and Development Council (SPDC), has, since 5th September 1998
increased its unjust oppression at various levels by unlawfully arresting,
restricting movements and intimidating MPs of NLD and members of the NLD.

2. Those who have been subject to such cruel actions are the MPs who have
been forced to resign and former members of the NLD, former political
prisoners and leaders of the banned political parties.  They are being kept
by the authorities at military intelligence quarters, police cells and the
military guest house.

3. The military regime has detained about 80 % of MPs from the NLD.  Among
them, some are being forced to resign, some are being forced to reject a
parliament scheduled by the NLD, and some have been taken into the
interrogation centres once they refuse.

4. Therefore, such actions of the SPDC reveal that they still ignore the
aspirations of the people expecting the convening of parliament.  It can
also be seen that they do not have any desire for the restoration of
democracy and national reconciliation in Burma.  

We, the Democratic Party for a New Society (DPNS), strongly denounce such
cruel oppression by the SPDC.  We seriously urge the people of Burma as
well as international organizations and the people from all over the world
to continue their pressure on the military regime.

Central Committee
Democratic Party for a New Society (DPNS)

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Media Release

BUDDHIST MONKS STAGED A PROTEST AND ARRESTED BY SPDC

7th September 1998

About 200 Budhist monks gathered and demonstrated against the military
regime in the afternoon of 4th September 1998 at the corner of 41st Street
near the Ma-soe-yein Kyaung-tite monestry and the Phaya-Gyi Kyaung-tite
monastery in Mandalay.  A few minutes later, the security forces arrived
there and confronted with some Buddhist monks.  The monks threw with stones
and sticks to the government forces when they cracked violently down the
peaceful demonstrations set by the Buddhist monks from various monasteries
in Mandalay.
During the incident, 12 monks were arrested by the authorities and 3 monks
seriously got wounded.  The arrested monks were 2 from Dakhe-na Yama Tite
monastery, 2 from Ma-soe-yein Tite monastry, 1 from Phayagyi Tite
monastery, 3 from Htee-lin Tite monastery, 1 from Sin-tae Tite monastery
and 3 from unknown monastry.
The anti-government leaflets with supporting to the convening parliament
were also distributed nearby 19th Street in Mandalay.
During these days, some run-and-hit student protests were broken out in
various places of Mandalay. 
 
Information Department
Democratic Party for a New Society (DPNS)
Tel: (66 1) 961 9189 / 603 8203
E-mail: mingla@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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Media Release

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE MET PROTESTERS AND UNIVERSITY TEACHERS

7th September 1998

The military intelligence together with university teachers last night came
to the hostels in the Tha-Mine campus and met the students who has
continued their peaceful demonstration began in the evening on 3rd
September.  The students demanded the ruling regime to release students and
to postpone the exam scheduled to be held today.
During the meeting, the authorities asked the students to immediately stop
their protest and to enter the exam.  They also warned that if the students
failed to follow, the government would crack down violently the
demonstrations.
The authorities then arranged pick-up cars infront of each hostels for the
students to go back home.  Some students reportedly backed their homes.
This morning at about 8:00 am, students from hostels were forced to taken
to the examination halls at the Rangoon Institute of Technology.  There
were 50 students from the Government Technology Institute (GTI) who were
taken to the unknown place, according to witnesses in Rangoon.
The student demonstration started in the Tha-Mine compound next to the
Rangoon University (Hlaing campus) on 3rd September 1998. Riot police and
security forces blocked the roads to this campus and guarded around the
compound.  There were about 1,200 students gathering and protested against
the military regime.
There were also the students' demonstrations taking place in the Rangoon
Institute of Technology (RIT) compound and in the compound of Insein GTI on
2nd September.  These activities broke out at 12:00 am and continued till
10:00 pm when some students distributed anti-regime leaflets around the
Hle-dang intersection, the Sule pagoda and the Pansodang Street.

Information Department
Democratic Party for a New Society (DPNS)
Tel: (66 1) 961 9189 / 603 8203
E-mail: mingla@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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Media Release

50 MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT ARRESTED IN RANGOON

7th September 1998

Last night in Rangoon, the ruling military government arrested 10 members
of parliament (MPs) elected in the 1990 May election.   The regime has
still refused to convene a people's parliament that the National League for
Democracy (NLD) led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi will be held itself after the
military government known as the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC)
failed to follow the NLD's demand.  
	According to reliable sources, 110 members of the NLD including 50 MPs has
being kept by the authorities early this month along the country while the
peaceful students' demonstration has continued at the Tha-Mine campus in
Rangoon, the capital of Burma.
	All of MPs from Rangoon Division except the NLD Central Executive
Committee members were reportedly among them who were detained by the SPDC.   
Among those arrested people last night, Thakhin Khin Nyunt, an MP of
Yae-Nan-Chaung constituency, U Ba Swe (Myaung Mya), an MP of Kaw-Hmu
constituency, and U Tin Soe (Sape Oo), an MP of Kyauk-ta-dar constituency,
also included.


Information Department
Democratic Party for a New Society (DPNS)
Tel: (66 1) 961 9189 / 603 8203
E-mail: mingla@xxxxxxxxxxxx

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