Burmese military detain 800 opposit

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            Burmese military detain 800 opposition 



            The military authorities in Burma have
            continued to detain members of the opposition
            National League for Democracy. 

            In an interview with the BBC, the NLD leader,
            Aung San Suu Kyi, said more than seven
            hundred members had been held in the last few
            days and reports were still coming in of further
            arrests throughout the country. 

            She said those detained included nearly two
            hundred members of the parliament which was
            elected in 1990 but never allowed to sit. 

            Aung San Suu Kyi said the party remained
            undaunted by the military's action and intended
            to go ahead with its campaign to have
            parliament convened. (The NLD won a
            landslide victory in the 1990 elections). 

            From the newsroom of the BBC World Service