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Article: 2nd Ld Writethru: Myanmar extends Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest for another one year
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- May 27, 2006
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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 ...