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No Suu Kyi meeting for UN chief | |
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Burma's junta has refused to allow visiting UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to meet jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. | |
Mr Ban was told of the refusal when he held a second round of talks with military leader Gen Than Shwe. | |
"I'm deeply disappointed," he told reporters. "I'm very sorry to report to you that this is not possible." | |
Ms Suu Kyi's trial on charges of breaking the terms of her house arrest was postponed again on Friday. | |
Mr Ban said Than Shwe had told him during their 30-minute meeting, in the remote administrative capital Nay Pyi Taw, that Ms Suu Kyi was on trial and he did not want to interfere with the judicial process. | |
The UN leader later left for Burma's main city, Rangoon. | |
Mr Ban's had a two-hour meeting with Gen Than Shwe on Friday. | |
A LIFE IN DETENTION 1988: Junta comes to power after crushing pro-democracy uprising1989: Martial law declared; opposition NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi put under house arrest1990: NLD wins elections; result rejected by the ruling junta1995: Suu Kyi freed from house arrest; movements restrictedSept 2000: Under house arrest for trying to defy travel curbsMay 2002: Released unconditionallyMay 2003: Detained after clash between NLD and junta forcesSep 2003: Home after surgery, under effective house arrest UN chief's big gamble Why is junta afraid of Suu Kyi? | A LIFE IN DETENTION 1988: Junta comes to power after crushing pro-democracy uprising1989: Martial law declared; opposition NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi put under house arrest1990: NLD wins elections; result rejected by the ruling junta1995: Suu Kyi freed from house arrest; movements restrictedSept 2000: Under house arrest for trying to defy travel curbsMay 2002: Released unconditionallyMay 2003: Detained after clash between NLD and junta forcesSep 2003: Home after surgery, under effective house arrest UN chief's big gamble Why is junta afraid of Suu Kyi? |
Mr Ban said he had been assured that elections planned for 2010 would be "held in a fair, free and transparent manner". | Mr Ban said he had been assured that elections planned for 2010 would be "held in a fair, free and transparent manner". |
The UN chief is due to make a speech outlining his vision for Burma later on Saturday. | The UN chief is due to make a speech outlining his vision for Burma later on Saturday. |
Ms Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace laureate, has spent much of the past two decades in prison or under house arrest. | Ms Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace laureate, has spent much of the past two decades in prison or under house arrest. |
She was transferred from house arrest to prison in May after an American man swam to her lakeside house. She faces up to five years in jail if convicted. | She was transferred from house arrest to prison in May after an American man swam to her lakeside house. She faces up to five years in jail if convicted. |
Next year's elections are part of the military government's "roadmap to democracy," but critics say they will be a sham designed to strengthen the generals' four-decade grip on power. | Next year's elections are part of the military government's "roadmap to democracy," but critics say they will be a sham designed to strengthen the generals' four-decade grip on power. |
Opposition activists say Ms Suu Kyi's trial is designed to keep her out of the way until after the elections. | Opposition activists say Ms Suu Kyi's trial is designed to keep her out of the way until after the elections. |