As the last date for registration by the political parties to the Burmese election commission approaches, apprehension of strong actions against the defaulter has grown. The main opposition party of Burma, National League for Democracy has decided not to register with the election commission protesting the flawed electoral laws by the military junta and hence it is waiting for the bad news. Political observers suspect that the regime may not only de register NLD by the first week of May, but also adopt harsh action against its leader and workers.
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Burma News, Burma, Myanmar, multimedia, opinion, monk, protest, photo, rangoon, yangonThe Thai government prepared to fend off a red shirt army at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit in the Thai resort town of Cha am, mounting security measures designed to prevent a repetition of the embarrassing scenes that disrupted a similar Asean meeting in Pattaya.
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