Elected democracy party representative flees to Thailand

DVB (1 August 2003)

According to latest reports coming in from Bangkok, Daw San San, elected representative from National League for Democracy, who fled Burma arrived in Thailand today.

Daw San San, a representative of Seikkan Township Constituency in Rangoon Division who had been imprisoned on several occasions, fled the country because she could no longer bear the oppression by the SPDC (State Peace and Development Council).
So far, two elected representatives have fled to Thailand in the two months since the Tabayin incident. The other representative who fled to Thailand is Duwa Zau Aung who is elected from Kachin State's Waingmaw Township Constituency. (BBC Monitoring Service)