Page 6 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 22, 1988 Burma death toll at 140, riots persist RANGOON, Burma (AP) - Yesterday Gen. Saw Maung became the fourth head of Burma's government in two months. The government said troops have killed more than 140 civilians since the hard-line officer ousted the civilian president on Sunday. Troops killed 67 people, wounded 34 and arrested 100 "in the course of the government's law and order restoration work" in Rangoon and three other areas Tuesday and yesterday, government spokesperson Kyaw San told reporters. He listed eight separate incidents in Rangoon during a 20-hour period beginning Tuesday morning in which 57 people died as troops broke up mobs looting government ware- houses and a biscuit factory. Nine more poeple died when security forces beat back attacks on a local government office in Mudon and a patrol in Mandalay, Kyaw San said. A MOB in southern Mergui city hurled a hand grenade at security personnel on patrol, wounding 15. before they retaliated and killed one of the attackers, he added. Kyaw San said he had no knowledge of a rumored sweep by authorities against student leaders who spearheaded the pro-democracy protests. The latest tally brought the official death toll since the coup to 144, but some Western diplomats in Rangoon believe at least 400 people have been killed in the Burmese capital alone, many when troops opened fire on largely unarmed protesters Monday. "At Rangoon General Hospital there were 200 corpses on Monday night, and that was only one hospital," one diplomat said, speaking on condition of anonymity. STATE RADIO said Saw Maung was named prime minister by the nine-member governing council, which was appointed Tuesday and is made up primarily of Saw Maung's military cronies. He also holds the defense and foreign affairs portfolios. Pro-democracy demonstrators who have filled Rangoon by the hundreds of thousands in recent weeks stayed off the streets Tuesday and yesterday, residents reported. The demonstrators are demanding democracy and a halt to 26 years of authoritarian rule. All major markets remained closed although small food stores and roadside shops were open. TROOPS conducted house-to- house searches in the heart of Rangoon yesterday after a nighttime attack against City Hall and the main government administration, residents and officials said. No casualties were reported. "There doesn't seem to be any end to the cycle of violence that has been going on since March," a Western diplomatic source in Bangkok, Thailand said. POLICE NOTES A gray tarpaulin, valued at $2,000, was stolen from a room in Hill Auditorium earlier this month, Ann Arbor Police Sgt. Jan Suomala said yesterday. 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