1.   He has harried the press, persecuted the opposition and intimidated the voters.

2.   The West has accused President Alexander Lukashenko of persecuting the opposition and crushing the free press.

3.   Chavalit yesterday summoned both Wichai and Premsak for a meeting, and later criticised the government for abusing its control of police to persecute the opposition.

4.   The political opposition has been exiled and the Islamic opposition is strongly persecuted.

5.   The NCNP spokesman accused the government of persecuting the opposition.