NLD members attempt to see Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

October 24, 2003

More than 90 NLD members had again attempted to see Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at her home on 18 October, said a NLD youth member.

They went there at about 9am and had arguments with the local authorities of Bahan Township. The members tried to see Daw Aung San Suu Kyi before APEC meeting in Bangkok started but they were told by the military intelligence (MI) agents to get permission from her family doctor Tin Myo Win, said an unidentified youth as follows:

An unidentified NLD youth : We went to ask them to give us the permission to see our leader on the 18th. The authorities of Bahan Township deterred us from seeing her out of fear. They told us that we could not do so. The reason we asked them the permission to see her is because they told us and the outside media that she is ‘not’ under house arrest. General Khin Nyunt himself said that she is not under house arrest. Therefore, I went there to find out whether my leader is under house arrest or not. When we got there, they told us that they are ‘not’ keeping her under house arrest but they are just taking security measures ‘for her own safety’. When we told them that we want to see her, they told us that they could not allow us to do so. They told us to inform Dr. Tin Myo Win and get permission from him. They said that they would let the people who are given permission to see her by Dr. Tin Myo Win. There is no arrest this time...During recent Thadingyut Festival, we attempted to pay our respect to her. There were arguments with security staff at the heavily barbed wired security check-point in front of her house. They told us not to come to her house ‘to cause problems’ and forced us to disperse and to go home…