U.S. Bars Entry of Regime’s Members

The Clinton administration turned up pressure on Myanmar’s military rulers by barring entry into the United States of all members of the regime, which it accuses of impeding the country’s steps toward democracy. Announcing the move, White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry said it was aimed at “ongoing repression” by the military regime, the State Law and Order Restoration Council, in the country formerly known as Burma. Last weekend in Yangon, Myanmar’s capital, more than 500 democracy advocates were arrested for trying to attend a speech by dissident leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who won a landslide election victory in 1990 but had been put under house arrest the year before and remained so for six years.