Reuters-Goldwyn was the second Brit

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Subject: Reuters-Goldwyn was the second Briton to be arrested in Myanmar for pro-democracy activism in just over a week. 

10:00 p.m. Sep 14, 1999 Eastern
Goldwyn was the second Briton to be arrested in Myanmar for pro-democracy
activism in just over a week.

On September 1 James Mawdsley, 26, from Lancashire, who also holds an
Australian passport, was jailed for 17 years in northeastern Myanmar after
entering the country illegally the previous day carrying pro-democracy
leaflets. It was his third arrest in Myanmar for protesting against the
country's ruling generals.

On Wednesday, officials from the British and Australian embassies were due
to see Mawdsley in jail in the northeastern town of Kengtung. The British
consul was denied access to him after travelling to see him the weekend
after he was jailed.

On Monday, the government's daily information sheet quoted a letter from a
Myanmar historian Kyaw Kyaw Win describing both Britons as ``criminal
mercenaries.'' It said Goldwyn entered the country under false pretences
bent on sedition and must face the consequences of her illegal actions.