Myanmar junta: Nearly 3,000 were detained in democracy protests

[eppur_se_muova]

Source: BBC

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar's military junta acknowledged Wednesday that it detained nearly 3,000 people during a crackdown on recent pro-democracy protests, with hundreds still remaining in custody.

The official statement on the front-page of The New Light of Myanmar, a government mouthpiece, said authorities were still hunting for demonstrators who took part in the recent uprising.

"Those who led, got involved in and supported the unrest which broke out in September were called in and are being interrogated," the junta said. "Some are still being called in for questioning and those who should be released will be."

The statement said that 2,927 people had been arrested since the crackdown started and nearly 500 were still in custody.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/16/myanmar.detainees.ap/index.html