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BANGKOK - Dissidents on the run in military-ruled Myanmar called on the UN Security Council yesterday to impose a blanket arms and investment ban on the junta to try to force it towards democratic reform.
In a letter written from hiding to UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, three members of the "88 Generation" student activists said the generals were duping the international community into thinking they were serious about relaxing their grip. "This may be the last letter we send to you before our own arrest and torture and we send it with the utmost urgency," wrote Tun Myint Aung, Nilar Thein and Soe Htun.
The 88 Generation was behind protests that snowballed into last month's monk-led demonstrations against military rule.
Nearly all the group's leaders have already been arrested. The official New Light of Myanmar newspaper said 2927 people had been detained, but only 468 remained in custody.
- Reuters
