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Subject: >Subject: NEWS - Myanmar (ILLEGAL) Govt Warns Against  Disturbance of Peace

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>Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 12:56:40 -0400
>From: Rangoon Post Co-Editor <Rangoonp@xxxxxxx>
>To: burmanews@xxxxxxxxx, "Burma Net-l @igc.apc.org" <burmanet-l@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
>Subject: NEWS - Myanmar (ILLEGAL) Govt Warns Against Disturbance of Peace
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>Myanmar (ILLEGAL) Govt Warns Against Disturbance of Peace
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>YANGON (Sept. 6) XINHUA - The Myanmar government Monday warned that it
>would take severe and effective action against those disturbing peace
>and law and order of the nation. (MEANING MASS MURDER AND ARRESTS AGAIN
>AND ANY MEASURE TO SUPPRESS THE EVIDENCE)
>
>Briefing heads of missions of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
>stationed here on Monday, Myanmar Deputy Foreign Minister U Khin Maung
>Win said that "subversive elements" within and outside the country and
>some members of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD), were
>again trying to instigate unrest following their failed attempt last
>year during the 10th anniversary of the "Four-Eight Incident." 
>
>The "Four-Eight Incident" refers to the massive violent unrest which
>began on August 8, 1988 in Myanmar. (MOST OF THE VIOLENCE WAS COMMITED
>BY THE MILITARY)
>
>U Khin Maung Win also blamed the western media including radio stations
>like the Voice of America, the British Broadcasting Corporation and
>Radio Free Asia for giving extensive coverage almost everyday to those
>activities, said a press release issued by the Myanmar Foreign Ministry
>late Monday. 
>
>He said these efforts would be in vain, adding that the people of
>Myanmar do not wish to see a repeat of the anarchic conditions of 1998
>when the Four-Eight incident took place on August 8 that year. (OH,
>REALLY??? THE JUNTA DOES NOT WANT IT TO RE-OCCUR. THE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID
>AND FED-UP WITH THE JUNTA)
>
>Citing some instances of foreigners intervening in the internal affairs
>of Myanmar, he warned that his country would never allow any nation to
>involve in such activities. 
>
>Meanwhile, the NLD said in a recent statement that the Myanmar military
>authorities have been arresting democracy activists in fear of the
>planned uprising of the opposition on September 9, 1999, or the
>"Four-Nine Incident." 
>
>The statement said that the authorities are not only openly denying the
>results of the 1990 general election which reflected the real desire of
>the people, but also refusing to have a dialogue with the democracy
>forces including ethnic minorities to settle all issues of the nation in
>crisis. The authorities are suppressing dissidents instead, it said. 
>
>In the 1990 general election, sponsored by the present military
>government and participated by 93 political parties, the NLD won 396 out
>of the 485 parliamentary seats. However, no parliament has emerged yet
>since the end of the election, another NLD statement said. 
>
>The present government took over power on September 18, 1988 in the
>aftermath of the "Four-Eight Incident." 
>
>The briefing was attended by Myanmar Foreign Minister U Win Aung, the
>Lao ambassador and other ambassadors and charge d' affairs from Brunei,
>Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and
>Vietnam.
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