June 01 2003

- Launched a crackdown on the democratic opposition, closing all major branch offices and putting its leadership under house arrest after detaining party figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi.
- Closed universities which were scheduled to start a new semester on 2nd June.
- Brought back Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to the capital with a military escort and taken to a military intelligence guest house.

June 03 2003

- Denied that democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was hurt but remains in ''protective custody'' following a bloody clash between her supporters and pro-government demonstrators.

June 06 2003

- U.N. special envoy to Burma Razali Ismail flew into the capital to persuade the junta to free pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
- Philippines invited Burma's amabassador to the foreign department to clarify reports that opposition leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi is being detained.
- Britain called for “immediate international access” to pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

June 07 2003

- Mr. Razali met for an hour with Burma's military intelligence chief, Khin Nyunt, to press his request for access to Aung San Suu Kyi.
- Military intelligence chief Khin Nyunt, in comments published in state media , said Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) was to blame for violence last week in which at least four people were killed.
- The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), which usually avoids commenting on the internal politics of members expressed concern about developments in Rangoon, saying they were harming the group's image.

June 08 2003

- Criticised Daw Aung San Suu Kyi for allegedly provoking the "untoward events" of 30 May, when a violent confrontation erupted in a northern provincial town.
- Denied persistent rumours that U Tin Oo was killed during bloody clashes in the country's north last month.
- U.N. envoy Razali met country's ethnic minority leaders.

June 09 2003

- Razali Ismail met with with Deputy Senior General Maung Aye in the presence of Secretary One to win permission to see detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

June 10 2003

- Razali Ismail was allowed to visit the detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the end of a five-day visit to Rangoon.
- Promised to free the opposition leader leader Aung San Suu Kyi as soon as possible after confirming that she was not injured in a violent clash.

June 11 2003

- Australia suspended human rights talks with Myanmar but ruled out imposing sanctions.
- The US Senate approved a bill banning all imports from Burma.

June 12 2003

- The International Relations Committee of the US House of Representatives unanimously approved legislation to expand existing US trade and economic sanctions against th country.
- A government statement issued said it is committed to work with all political forces in the country in order to achieve national reconciliation in response to joint US-Thai criticism over the detention of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

June 13 2003

- Thaung Tun, director general of the ministry's political department, was quoted by Kyodo news agency as saying that Suu Kyi could be released later this month if the situation in country "returns to normal."

June 14 2003

- State-run press blamed detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi for a bloody clash between her followers and government supporters, and said the violence showed she was incapable of running the country.

June 15 2003

- Foreign Minister Win Aung said the events surrounding the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi were very unfortunate and his government is protecting her from a possible assassination attempt.
- ASEAN cautioned Western powers to handle the issue of restoring democracy in the country delicately, fearing it could blow up into another Yugoslavia and be the focus of intense external power rivalry.
- The Philippine foreign minister said arrest of Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi are sullying the reputation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

June 16 2003

- Allowed University classes to restart, ending a two-week suspension amid fears of unrest following the detention of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
- Foreign ministers of the ASEAN grouping has begun a conference in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

June 17 2003

- Asean urged country's military rulers to free detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and move towards democracy.

June 18 2003

- Denied a request by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to see detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
- Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer met his counterpart Win Aung in Cambodia and called on the Burmese government to release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest.

June 19 2003

- Country's foreign minister launched a spirited defense of his country's military rulers, denying U.S. accusations of brutality.
- Britain's Foreign Office said pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was being held under her country's "most draconian" law at Insein Jail near the capital, where she is confined to a "two-room hut,".

June 20 2003

- European Union leaders condemned Burma , expressing "grave concern" over developments in the country and calling on the Burmese authorities "immediately to release Daw Aung San Suu Kyi" and other members of the National League for Democracy.

June 22 2003

- Amnesty International called upon the SPDC to amend or revoke the State Protection Law allowing arbitrary detention, in order to make it conform to international standards.

June 23 2003

- Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Tetsuro Yano made a one-day visit to Burma to meet with senior officials, including number three general Khin Nyunt, to press for Aung San Suu Kyi's immediate release.
- told Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Tetsuro Yano Aung San Suu Kyi is not being held at the infamous Insein prison as stated by the British government.

June 24 2003

- Malaysia's leader Mahathir repeated his call for Burma's military government to immediately release detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

June 25 2003

- Japan, country's largest donor, froze all financial aid to the country to punish its military government for detaining pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
- Warned Thailand that exiled student dissidents might try to kidnap Burma's ambassador and hold him hostage for the release of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
- Home Minister Col. Tin Hlaing, in a meeting with British Ambassador Vicky Bowman denied that Suu Kyi was in infamous Insein prison.
- The French foreign ministry summoned Burma's ambassador in Paris for the second time this month, calling for detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to be freed "without delay".

June 26 2003

- Japan asked Burma to allow its ambassador there to meet pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as international outrage over her detention grows.
- China said Burma's detention of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was its own business and Beijing opposed pressure from other countries against the ruling military junta.
- Hit out at European diplomats for boycotting an annual drug-burning ceremony in protest over the continuing detention of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

June 27 2003

- Washington, D.C.-based EarthRights International said in a new report that military government still uses forced labor for public projects by disregarding promises to the international community.

June 28 2003

-State-run media said detention of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was a domestic matter and criticised Western diplomats who tried to gain access to her.

June 29 2003

-The state-run Kyemon newspaper said in a commentary that the foreign media had made ``slanderous accusations'' against the Government by ``taking advantage of the incidents of May 30''.

June 30 2003

- Japan slammed junta for refusing to release democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and keeping her whereabouts unknown to the rest of the world.