The World - News from July 20, 1989
Leading opposition figure Aung San Suu Kyi called off a planned march in the capital of Myanmar, formerly Burma, fearing bloodshed after the military government poured thousands of heavily armed troops into the streets. “We had no intention of leading our people straight into a killing field,” she said by telephone from Yangon (formerly Rangoon). At least 20 young people were arrested and many beaten in scattered clashes across the city.
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