[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 68 (Wednesday, May 21, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H3140]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      BURMA'S ARMY KEEPS ITS GRIP

  (Ms. FURSE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FURSE. Mr. Speaker, today if my colleagues were to go to visit 
Nobel prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi they would be blocked at the door 
of her house because the militarist government of Burma has said no 
foreigners may visit this great Nobel Peace Prize winner. I want to 
commend the Clinton administration for having decided to impose new 
sanctions on Burma because of the increasing repression of the people 
of Burma.
  A recent article in the Washington Post points out that hundreds of 
university students have been jailed, the military has jailed as many 
as 300 members of the National League for Democracy, which is the party 
that Aung San Suu Kyi heads, and she herself has been blocked from 
making any public statements since November.
  Mr. Speaker, it is time that the militarist government of Burma treat 
this great peace leader with respect and treat the people of Burma who 
have voted for democracy, treat them with the respect that they 
deserve. I hope that the Government of the United States will continue 
to impose sanctions on the Government of Burma, and I encourage Nobel 
Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi to realize that there are friends here in 
the United States who support her.

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