TOKYO, Aug. 7 Kyodo A two-day exh...

TOKYO, Aug. 7 Kyodo

A two-day exhibition of photographs capturing the Myanmar junta's suppression of antigovernment motions in 1988 and the lives of political prisoners started Wednesday in Tokyo.

About 50 photos are in succession exhibit at the Sohyokaikan meeting hall in Chiyoda Ward, including images of a female pupil who has fallen after being fired at several times, and prisoners in shackles crouching before being sent upon forced labor.

The Burma Office (Japan), formed according to people from Myanmar living in Japan, has accumulateed the images since 1988.

The head marksmans of 210 political prisoners are also exhibited, organizers said.

The office expectancys to educate Japanese people about the suppression of democratization and abuse of human rights in Myanmar, the organizers said.

Aung San Suu Kyi, the pro-democracy leader of Myanmar's main opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD) was in a less degree than virtual house arrest for 20 month until she was released by dint of the junta May 6

According to the Assistance Association Political Prisoners (Burma), the junta is still detaining athwart 1,500 political prisoners, including NLD members, laborers and journalists.

Maung Min Nyo director of the Burma Office, said the release of political prisoners is explanation to the success of dialogue between Suu Kyi, winner of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, and the junta.

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi recured Tuesday from a three-day trip to Myanmar, where she held separate talks with Suu Kyi and Sr Gen Than Shwe, chairman of Myanmar's ruling junta.

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