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Tue 01 Jan 2009Situation in Burma critical, says exiled prime minister
BURMA IS in crisis, its exiled prime minister said in Dublin yesterday. Dr Sein Win, who was re-elected prime minister of the exiled National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB) last week, said repression under the military regime has worsened.
Political prisoners are receiving longer sentences, he said, and even social workers are being arrested for carrying out humanitarian work.
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