SPDC claims ‘regular contacts’ with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

DVB ( 24 November 2003 )

A spokesman of Burma’s military junta, the SPDC (State peace and Development Council) claims that it is having ‘regular contacts’ with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi who is being kept under house arrest by the regime.

The deputy Foreign Minister of SPDC, U Khin Maung Win said that the contacts are positive but they are at a delicate juncture.

But U Nyan Win of NLD Legal Support Group said that as far as he knows the regime is only contacting Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in connection with personal matters and he is not aware of the fact that they have met her over political affairs.

Dr. Sein Win, the Prime Minister of exiled NCGUB (National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma) said that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi should be freely allowed to meet her supporters and diplomats, all political prisoners should be released as soon as possible before any solid work could be done.

The comment of SPDC’s FM is a ploy to deceive the international community, he added.