Dissident Aung San Suu Kyi is striking back at the tryants who control Burma, using the only weapon she has available.
International concern is mounting about the fate of the Burmese opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, who is reported to have begun a hunger strike in protest at her three-month detention by the country's military regime.Posted by Alan at September 1, 2003 12:47 PMBurmese exile groups said they believed Ms Suu Kyi had timed her protest to repudiate plans by the regime to revive discredited talks on drafting a new constitution, a move seen as a ploy to relieve the crippling impact of economic sanctions. She was sending a message to the world and the Burmese people that she did not accept the plans of the military regime, said Sann Aung, said a spokesman for the opposition government-in-exile, based in Thailand.
Ms Suu Kyi is believed to have begun the hunger strike at the weekend at the military intelligence camp about 40 kilometres from Rangoon where she is being held in isolation.
The Nobel Peace laureate was arrested in May after a pro-Government mob attacked her entourage during a tour of the north, killing scores of members of her National League for Democracy (NLD) and local villagers.
via the Sydney Morning Herald