Two leading members of her National League for Democracy (NLD), Spokesman Nyan Win and Central Executive Committee member Khin Maung Swe, both confirmed that the road in front of Suu Kyi’s house had been cleared of security checkpoints and barricades and was now open to normal traffic.
Political observers in Rangoon saw no significance in the development. A veteran journalist told The Irrawaddy the regime was “just playing” and misleading the international community with “disinformation.”
“The junta can release Suu Kyi within minutes, they don’t need to remove barricades first of all,” he said.
The NLD’s Khin Maung Swe, who was released from Lashio prison in September after serving a long term of imprisonment, made an appeal for Suu Kyi’s release. “Aung San Suu Kyi must be released from house arrest, if the junta want to solve Burmese politics,” he said.
The new constitution and the general election planned for 2010 offered no solution and couldn’t work in the long term, he said.
The NLD said no response had yet been received to the handing in of an appeal against Suu Kyi’s latest term of house arrest. Her legal representative presented the appeal to the military government in Naypyidaw on October 8.
The 63-year-old Nobel peace laureate has spent more than 13 years of the past 19 years confined to her Rangoon home. Suu Kyi’s current period of house arrest began in 2003 after she and her supporters were attacked by government backed thugs in upper Burma.
NLD lawyers say the extension last May of her house arrest conflicts with article 10 (b) of the Burmese State Protection Law 1975, which stipulates that a person judged to be a threat to the sovereignty and security of the State and the peace of the people can only be detained for up to five years.
Asian and European leaders attending an Asia-Europe meeting in Beijing on Saturday called on the Burmese government to release political prisoners, lift restrictions on political parties and engage all sides in an inclusive political process.
Political observers in Rangoon saw no significance in the development. A veteran journalist told The Irrawaddy the regime was “just playing” and misleading the international community with “disinformation.”
“The junta can release Suu Kyi within minutes, they don’t need to remove barricades first of all,” he said.
The NLD’s Khin Maung Swe, who was released from Lashio prison in September after serving a long term of imprisonment, made an appeal for Suu Kyi’s release. “Aung San Suu Kyi must be released from house arrest, if the junta want to solve Burmese politics,” he said.
The new constitution and the general election planned for 2010 offered no solution and couldn’t work in the long term, he said.
The NLD said no response had yet been received to the handing in of an appeal against Suu Kyi’s latest term of house arrest. Her legal representative presented the appeal to the military government in Naypyidaw on October 8.
The 63-year-old Nobel peace laureate has spent more than 13 years of the past 19 years confined to her Rangoon home. Suu Kyi’s current period of house arrest began in 2003 after she and her supporters were attacked by government backed thugs in upper Burma.
NLD lawyers say the extension last May of her house arrest conflicts with article 10 (b) of the Burmese State Protection Law 1975, which stipulates that a person judged to be a threat to the sovereignty and security of the State and the peace of the people can only be detained for up to five years.
Asian and European leaders attending an Asia-Europe meeting in Beijing on Saturday called on the Burmese government to release political prisoners, lift restrictions on political parties and engage all sides in an inclusive political process.
Myanmar, NKorean foreign ministers meet
Foreign Minister Nyan Win met his North Korean counterpart, Pak Ui Chun, at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang after his arrival at the North Korean capital earlier Monday, the North's official Korean News Agency said in a brief dispatch.
The KCNA did not provide details.
It was the first official visit by a foreign minister from military-ruled Myanmar to North Korea in 25 years.
Myanmar's top diplomat traveled to Pyongyang after attending the Asia-Europe Meeting — known as ASEM — in Beijing, a Myanmar official said on condition of anonymity, saying he was not authorized to speak to the media.
Myanmar severed relations with North Korea in 1983 following a bombing in Myanmar's largest city, Yangon, by North Korean secret agents targeting South Korea's then President Chun Doo-hwan. He was unhurt, but 21 people were killed, including four South Korean Cabinet ministers.
The two countries have been quietly working to normalize relations for the past few years, and agreed to resume diplomatic ties in April 2007.
Myanmar, which faces an arms embargo by the United States and European Union countries, has also reportedly bought weapons from North Korea.
Officials from the two countries have made some diplomatic visits since ties were restored. Myanmar's sports minister, Brig. Gen. Thura Aye Myint, recently traveled to North Korea. A military delegation led by senior military officers also visited the North earlier this year.
The KCNA did not provide details.
It was the first official visit by a foreign minister from military-ruled Myanmar to North Korea in 25 years.
Myanmar's top diplomat traveled to Pyongyang after attending the Asia-Europe Meeting — known as ASEM — in Beijing, a Myanmar official said on condition of anonymity, saying he was not authorized to speak to the media.
Myanmar severed relations with North Korea in 1983 following a bombing in Myanmar's largest city, Yangon, by North Korean secret agents targeting South Korea's then President Chun Doo-hwan. He was unhurt, but 21 people were killed, including four South Korean Cabinet ministers.
The two countries have been quietly working to normalize relations for the past few years, and agreed to resume diplomatic ties in April 2007.
Myanmar, which faces an arms embargo by the United States and European Union countries, has also reportedly bought weapons from North Korea.
Officials from the two countries have made some diplomatic visits since ties were restored. Myanmar's sports minister, Brig. Gen. Thura Aye Myint, recently traveled to North Korea. A military delegation led by senior military officers also visited the North earlier this year.
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