Junta is urged to release dissidents
The leading opposition party urged the ruling military junta to free political detainees, echoing a call by the U.N.’s envoy, who termed reports of new arrests “extremely disturbing.”
More arrests, interrogations and acts of intimidation “run counter to the spirit of mutual engagement between the United Nations and Myanmar,” U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari said in Bangkok, Thailand.
“These actions must stop at once,” he said after meeting with Thailand’s foreign minister. He is touring six nations to seek Asia’s help in resolving the crisis in Myanmar, also known as Burma.
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