Aung San Suu Kyi in good health after cyclone, says party official
Posted: 20 June 2008 1716 hrs
Aung San Suu Kyi
YANGON : Myanmar's detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was in good health when her personal doctor visited her after last month's deadly cyclone, a senior official with her party told AFP on Friday.
Her doctor is one of the only people the military government allows to see the Nobel Peace Prize winner inside her lakeside home, where she has been under house arrest for most of the last 18 years.
"Her doctor was allowed to visit her last month after the cyclone. It was his first visit in four months," the party official said.
"As far as I know, her health condition is fine," he added.
Part of the roof of her house in the main city Yangon was damaged when Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar seven weeks ago, killing more than 133,000 people and leaving 2.4 million in need of humanitarian aid.
Despite the devastation, Myanmar's government last month extended Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest by another year, brushing off complaints from her National League for Democracy (NLD) party that her detention is illegal.
Fourteen people were arrested Thursday after a small protest held to mark her 63rd birthday, where her supporters shouted for her freedom on the sidewalk outside NLD's headquarters. Aung San Suu Kyi led her party to a landslide victory in 1990 elections, but has never been allowed to govern. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/355351/1/.html
- AFP/ir
Posted: 20 June 2008 1716 hrs
Aung San Suu Kyi
YANGON : Myanmar's detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was in good health when her personal doctor visited her after last month's deadly cyclone, a senior official with her party told AFP on Friday.
Her doctor is one of the only people the military government allows to see the Nobel Peace Prize winner inside her lakeside home, where she has been under house arrest for most of the last 18 years.
"Her doctor was allowed to visit her last month after the cyclone. It was his first visit in four months," the party official said.
"As far as I know, her health condition is fine," he added.
Part of the roof of her house in the main city Yangon was damaged when Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar seven weeks ago, killing more than 133,000 people and leaving 2.4 million in need of humanitarian aid.
Despite the devastation, Myanmar's government last month extended Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest by another year, brushing off complaints from her National League for Democracy (NLD) party that her detention is illegal.
Fourteen people were arrested Thursday after a small protest held to mark her 63rd birthday, where her supporters shouted for her freedom on the sidewalk outside NLD's headquarters. Aung San Suu Kyi led her party to a landslide victory in 1990 elections, but has never been allowed to govern. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/355351/1/.html
- AFP/ir
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