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| Thai FM: Suu Kyi not on hunger strike - always been thin | |
| 2003-09-04 | |
| Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was not on hunger strike as the United States government claimed, said Thai Foreign Minister Surakiat Sathirathai on Thursday. "She normally goes days, weeks, months without eating" The US State Department on Tuesday said Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD), was on hunger strike in protest of her detention of three months by the Myanmar government, which cited protection of the opposition leader as the reason for the arrest. Surakiat also said the Thai government supported the national reconciliation plan announced on Saturday by Myanmar’s new prime minister Khin Nyunt. During his first public speech since appointment, Khin Nyunt announced a seven-point roadmap for democracy, saying that his country would resume the long-suspended national convention but giving no time frame. Oh Criminy! Another Roadmap®!¡¡ He said his country would draft a new state constitution based on the detailed principles laid down by the convention. The draft constitution would undergo referendum and a new general election would be held on a "free and fair" basis, he said,adding that the parliament would be convened by representatives elected in the election and a new government would be formed through the parliament.
"Soon, she’ll be able to slip between the bars of her cell, securing her release... assuming she can still walk" Malaysia, the current chair of the ASEAN, was also ready to help the Myanmar government out of the current political stalemate, Surakiat also said. Sarcasm aside - this is one courageous lady, and the world needs to lean on Burma’s generals | |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #6 If you must know the truth... Sally Struthers was arrested for shoplifting 3 aisles of food at the local market for her lunch. The cops inadvertantly put her in a cell next to Suu Kyi and Sally's been thieving Suu Kyi's food ever since. |
| Posted by: Paul 2003-9-4 10:11:44 PM |
| #5 Aung San Suu Kyi is one courageous, educated, high powered lady. Check her biography here. She walks the walk, and has been in the thick of it since 1988, before it became trendy and publicized. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-9-4 5:36:59 PM |
| #4 thks Fred! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-9-4 1:40:58 PM |
| #3 Those crafty Chinese have invaded your test editor! |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-9-4 1:35:18 PM |
| #2 "No one expects the Xinhuanet ¡¡¡¡"! |
| Posted by: seafarious 2003-9-4 12:09:29 PM |
| #1 Hmmmm whatup with the ¡¡¡¡? Wasn't there on the Xinhuanet page I cut, pasted from... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-9-4 11:58:38 AM |