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Military arrest another 81 in Burma
- Subject: Military arrest another 81 in Burma
- From: tinkyi@xxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 07:34:00
World: Asia-Pacific
Military arrest another 81 in Burma
The military authorities in Burma have detained
a further eighty-one members of the opposition
National League for Democracy (NLD) over the
past four days.
The party's vice-chairman, Tin Oo, told the BBC
that almost eight-hundred opposition activists,
including nearly two-hundred MPs, have now
been detained since the army began its latest
round of arrests in May.
The military authorities say the detained NLD
members are invited guests staying at
government guest houses.
Tin Oo repeated the NLD's call for the
convention of parliament in September. (The
NLD won a landslide victory in the 1990
elections but the military ignored those results
and said the country needed a constitution
before a parliament could be called.)
From the newsroom of the BBC World Service