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Article: Burma: We arrested 3,000 people
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 17, 2007
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THE scale of Burma's brutal clampdown was revealed today as its
military rulers said they had detained nearly 3,000 people and were
still hunting for protesters who took part in pro-democracy
demonstrations.
Nearly 500 remained in custody, said an official statement from
the junta. "Those who led, got involved in and supported the unrest
which broke out in September were called in and are being
interrogated," the junta said on the front page of The New Light of
Myanmar, a government mouthpiece.
"Some are still being called in ...