NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar, July 4 (UPI) -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asked the Myanmar military junta Friday for a meeting with dissident leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Ban said the generals reminded him the Nobel Peace Prize winner is on trial, The New York Times reported. He said he told them he would appreciate a meeting before his departure late Saturday.
The secretary-general's trip to the country formerly known as Burma is intended to convince the generals to release Suu Kyi and other political prisoners before the general election next year. Suu Kyi has been under house arrest for much of the past two decades.
"This election should be a credible, fair, inclusive and legitimate one where all the Myanmar people can express their will in a free way," Ban said. "I was assured that Myanmar's authorities will make sure that this election will be held in fair and free and transparent manner."
Suu Kyi is being held in Insein Prison. She was arrested after John Yettaw, a U.S. citizen who is also on trial, swam across a lake to her house.
Source: upi.com
Friday, July 3, 2009
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