Article: 2nd Ld Writethru: Myanmar extends Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest for another one year

2nd Ld Writethru: Myanmar extends Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest for another one year

YANGON, May 27 (Xinhua) -- The Myanmar government on Saturday extended to another one year the house arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi, a leader of the country's main political party, according to well- informed sources.

Aung San Suu Kyi, general-secretary of the National League for Democracy (NLD), has been put under detention and later house arrest since May 30, 2003 bloody incident, in which clashes occured between supporters of the government and those of the NLD.

The government's decision to extend the house arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi came one week after Ibrahim Gambari, under secretary- general for ...

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