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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Weekend Edition Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam Myanmar citizens told to vote as fears grow over poll AFP - 2 hours 57 minutes ago Send IM Story Print Myanmar citizens told to vote as fears grow over poll YANGON (AFP) - – Myanmar's state media warned on Sunday that citizens must cast their vote in the November 7 election, as fears mounted over the fairness of the much-criticised poll in the army-ruled nation. Myanmar is under fire from Western nations and activists who say the poll is a sham and some in the pro-democracy movement, such as detained Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party, are refusing to participate. "Every citizen who values democracy and wants democratic rule must cast their votes without fail," said the New Light of Myanmar newspaper, a junta mouthpiece, ahead of the first elections in 20 years. "However, some people are inciting the people to refrain from voting in the elections. They are attempting to mislead the people who are walking along the road to multiparty democracy for a change of a new era with instigated words." The comments came as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, on a visit to China, held talks with foreign minister Yang Jiechi on the situation in Myanmar ahead of the poll, the UN said, without giving further details of the discussion. China is one of Myanmar's closest allies and has long helped it to keep afloat through trade ties, arms sales, and by shielding it from UN sanctions over rights abuses as a veto-wielding member of the Security Council. The UN leader has already called for more pressure to be put on Myanmar to free Suu Kyi and more than 2,000 other political prisoners ahead of the poll, which critics fear will give a veneer of legitimacy to ongoing military rule. Junta-backed candidates have hefty advantages and a quarter of parliamentary seats are reserved for the military. A report in the privately owned Myanmar Times added to concerns, citing pro-democracy candidates who are struggling to find volunteers to man polling stations and ensure fairness on voting day. Under electoral laws, candidates can appoint two agents at each polling booth in the constituency where they are contesting to act on their behalf and be present when votes are counted. But party members told the weekly newspaper that they were struggling to appoint even one person to each booth, with some constituencies having more than 100 polling stations. Suu Kyi has said she will refuse to cast a ballot and suggested her supporters consider doing the same, although she stopped short of an outright call -- which could be deemed illegal -- for a voter boycott. Her NLD, which won the last election in 1990 but was never allowed to take office, has been officially disbanded after deciding not to participate and recently said the election would only "prolong the military dictatorship". A group of former NLD members has formed a new party, the National Democratic Force (NDF), to stand in the poll -- a move that has put it at odds with Suu Kyi, who has spent most of the last two decades locked up. Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said he held "very grave reservations" about the vote, for which the ruling generals are refusing to allow foreign election observers or international media into the country. "They are being conducted under patently unfair election laws that place severe restrictions on political parties," Rudd said in a statement. 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