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Burma's military junta yesterday closed all schools and colleges indefinitely, two days after detaining pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her party's leadership.
Suu Kyi and 19 members of the NLD (National League for Democracy) have been placed under "protective custody", the military government said on Saturday. Offices of the NLD across the country have been closed over the weekend and their telephones cut off. The spate of arrests has incarcerated the party's executive committee.
Suu Kyi has been drawing crowds of up to 20,000 on her travels around the country - the spark for the regime's latest move, diplomats believe.
The school and university closures take Burma back to the years following Suu Kyi's victory in elections in 1990 -- which the military never recognised, instead placing her under house arrest. Educational institutions were reopened and Suu Kyi released from house arrest for the second time just over a year ago, amid hopes for fresh dialogue and promises for the charismatic Nobel prize winner's freedom of movement and assembly.
The UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, expressed concern about the situation and said the developments underlined the urgent need for national reconciliation.
More than 1,000 of Suu Kyi's party members are in jail; some have been there for years.
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Burma's military junta yesterday closed all schools and colleges indefinitely, two days after detaining pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her party's leadership.
Suu Kyi and 19 members of the NLD (National League for Democracy) have been placed under "protective custody", the military government said on Saturday. Offices of the NLD across the country have been closed over the weekend and their telephones cut off. The spate of arrests has incarcerated the party's executive committee.
Suu Kyi has been drawing crowds of up to 20,000 on her travels around the country - the spark for the regime's latest move, diplomats believe.
The school and university closures take Burma back to the years following Suu Kyi's victory in elections in 1990 -- which the military never recognised, instead placing her under house arrest. Educational institutions were reopened and Suu Kyi released from house arrest for the second time just over a year ago, amid hopes for fresh dialogue and promises for the charismatic Nobel prize winner's freedom of movement and assembly.
The UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, expressed concern about the situation and said the developments underlined the urgent need for national reconciliation.
More than 1,000 of Suu Kyi's party members are in jail; some have been there for years.
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