Burma Warns of 'Terrorism' Ahead of Constitutional Talks

Burma's state-run media are warning of terrorist acts in the country ahead of constitutional talks expected to resume later this month.

The New Light of Myanmar says today that terrorist insurgents living in and outside the country are trying to commit what it called "destructive acts with the intention of causing public death, injury and alarm."

The report said the insurgents want the country's opposition National League for Democracy party to take part in the upcoming National Convention talks.

The report did not specify which groups were planning the acts.

The NLD is led by detained Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. The party won a 1990 election but was never allowed to take office. Aung San Suu Kyi has spent most of the past 18 years under house arrest.

Information for this report is provided by AFP.