Local Burmese military authorities at Pegu in central Burma, have been intensely interrogating National League for Democracy (NLD) leaders since the celebration of the 17th anniversary of the formation of the party.

The ruling junta, State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) agents have been visiting the homes of NLD leaders and asking them many kinds of unsavoury and upsetting questions.

NLD offices throughout Burma have been closed down since the party’s supporters and leaders including Aung San Suu Kyi and her deputy Tin Oo were attacked by thugs hired by the junta at Dipeyin in upper Burma on 30 May 2003. Party members have also been forced not to carry out party activities and they are said to be particularly depressed by the latest harassments of the authorities.

A party member from nearby Minhla told DVB that police agents from Special Branch (SB) came to ask her unnecessary questions and cut off her phone line, causing her many problems.