SPDC gives no sign to end Aung San Suu Kyi’s detention

DvB ( July 4,2003 )

The foreign minister of Burma, U Win Aung has met his Thai counterpart, Mr. Surakhiart today at Bangkok and discussed the proposed road map plan for the restoration of democracy in Burma.

DVB’s Aung Lwin Oo reports:

Aung Lwin Oo : The detention of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is to prevent unstable situation from developing in Burma, said the Burmese foreign minister U Win Aung who is at Bangkok for a meeting today. Although he doesn’t know when the Burmese democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is going to be released, the foreign minister of the Burmese military junta also known as the SPDC [State Peace and Development Council] insisted that the detention is aimed at preventing riots in Burma.

Moreover, the minister said that the SPDC had no intention or animosity against Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. That’s the reason why the regime has been taking no action against her and her party but to stabilise the situation in Burma. But U Win Aung refused to answer the question on whether Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is being detained with the hated Act 10A or not. He also refused to say where Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is being detained.

At the same time, he continued that there are many people in Burma who are trying to make the country unstable and 12 people are being charged for that. Moreover, these people are connected to Burmese activists and armed groups on the Thai-Burma border, accused the minister. Therefore, the generals are arresting people in Burma to prevent the country from disintegrating and becoming unstable, insisted U Win Aung in response to the international criticisms on the military regime.