Suu Kyi’s lawyer to renew appeal for her release

by Mizzima News

Thursday, 09 April 2009 20:34

New Delhi (Mizzima) - Detained Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s lawyer said he will submit yet another appeal on Friday to the junta’s Prime Minister General Thein Sein for her release. Kyi Win, lawyer of Suu Kyi, said the appeal will be similar to the earlier ones, which will include a legal review of Suu Kyi’s detention and to allow him a meeting with her. “I will be appealing again, as only 48 days remain for her to complete six years in detention,” Kyi Win said, calculating from May 27, 2008, when Burma’s ruling generals announced an extension of her house arrest. Kyi Win, earlier on March 13, sent the first appeal to Gen. Thein Sein but did not receive any response. Suu Kyi has been detained for more than 12 of the past 19 years. Her latest detention was in May 2003, after her motorcade was attacked by junta-backed mobs during a political tour in central Burma. The United Nations Working Committee of Arbitrary detention has declared that Suu Kyi’s detention was not only violating international law but is against the Burmese law itself. Reporting by Myint Maung < Prev   Next >