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Southeast Asia |
Junta holds two more uprising leaders |
2006-10-01 |
![]() Pyone Cho was released in 2003 after 14 years in prison. "The police have stepped up surveillance on our movements and activities. Our houses are also under surveillance," said the colleague, who declined to be named. The five were key figures in the nationwide protests against military rule that resulted in the deaths of several thousand demonstrators after troops intervened. Ko Min Zeya's arrest comes a day after he and other ex-1988 student leaders sent a letter to junta chief Senior General Than Shwe and Home Minister Maung Oo calling for the immediate release of the three men. |
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