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June 20, 2004
Some Locals Get Vocal about Aun San Suu Kyi
The Fair Leader of Burma Still Under House Arrest
Burmese nationals demand release of Suu Kyi
6/20/2004
About 100 Burmese nationals Saturday celebrated the 59th birthday of their democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi, asking the ruling military junta to release the leader immediately, reports BSS.
"We are celebrating the birthday of Suu Kyi. She is now under house arrest and we want her immediate release," Director of Narinjara Khaing Mrat Kyaw told journalists at the Supreme Court gate in city.
Kyaw said Burma could not be an accepted country to rest of the world until and unless it's 'patriotic' and elected leader Suu Kyi is released.
Describing the military junta as unauthorised force he said that any move by the ruling junta would be dubbed as undemocratic and unconstitutional in future.
Here's another article from The Independent
Myanmar nationals celebrate Suu Kyi’s Birthday
STAFF REPORTER
Dhaka, June 20:Myanmar nationals living in Bangladesh celebrated the 59th birthday of leader of the country’s movement for restoration of democracy Aung San Suu Kyi in Dhaka yesterday asking the ruling military junta to release their leader immediately.
Over 100 Myanmar nationals gathered at the Bangladesh Supreme Court gate yesterday morning to celebrate the birthday of Suu Kyi, undisputed leader of National League for Democracy (NLD) daughter of Myanmar’s liberation war hero Aung San.
Khaing Mrat Kyaw, leader of the Working Committee for Democracy Restoration in Burma (WCDRB) talking to the journalists at the Supreme Court gate said, “We are celebrating the birthday of our great leader Suu Kyi. She is now under house arrest and we want her immediate release.” The military government kept Suu Kyi under house arrest since May 19.
The WCDRB leader said most of countries of the world and the UN condemned the military government in Myanmar.
Kyaw, flanked by a number of Burmese men and women, urged the world community to boycott ruling junta in Myanmar until its “patriotic” and elected leader Suu Kyi release.
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