Aung San Suu Kyi to meet lawyer again

Aung San Suu Kyi to meet lawyer again
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Huaipi & Mungpi
Detained Burmese opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her lawyer Kyi Win will meet again on next week to further discuss of a lawsuit against her illegal detention, Kyi Win said ...

New Delhi - Detained Burmese opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her lawyer Kyi Win will meet again on next week to further discuss of a lawsuit against her illegal detention, Kyi Win said.

Kyi Win, the Nobel Peace Laureate's personal lawyer, who met her last Monday, told Mizzima that he had requested the special Information branch of Burma's military government for a further meeting with her on September 11.

"There are things that she [Aung San Suu Kyi] had asked me to do, so I would like to meet her again," Kyi Win said.

Nyan Win, spokesperson of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party, said lawyer Kyi Win and the detained party leader are on discussions and in the process of finalizing a petition against her illegal detention.

Kyi Win on last Monday met the detained National League for Democracy party amidst rumors that Aung San Suu Kyi has refused to accept her weekly food supplies since mid-August, leading analysts to think she is on a hunger strike.

Kyi Win, who within two months met Aung San Suu Kyi for three times, however, did not confirm about the Burmese democracy icon's hunger strike protests.

The military government on Wednesday denied the rumors saying Aung San Suu Kyi is in fine health and is not on hunger strike.

The government also said despite of their arrangement for a meeting with her family doctor Tin Myo Win and relation minister Aung Kyi last week, she has turn down.

However, Aung San Suu Kyi told Kyi Win that she has not turn down the meetings but requested them to understand as she is tired and needs some rest.

"She told me that 'I want to meet with Aung Kyi but I am a little tire and need some rest' and requested Aung Kyi to understand her for not being able to meet him last week," Kyi Win said.

Meanwhile, her party on Friday expressed their concern over her health and urges the junta to allow a monthly medical check-up by her family doctor Tin Myo Win.

"We are concern of the rumors that we hear about Aung San Suu Kyi, and would like to express strongly that the government is responsible for her health," the NLD party Nyan Win told Mizzima.

Nyan Win added that since the NLD members have been denied access to party leader, they could not verified on her health and the rumors that she is on hunger strike.

The NLD in its statement accuse the government for failing to comply with its promise to allow a monthly medical check-up. Dr. Tin Myo Win was re-allowed to visit Aung San Suu Kyi in August since his last visit in January 2008.

The party also reiterated their call on the government to immediately release her as she has been illegally detained.

Besides, the NLD said it firmly believes that Aung San Suu Kyi must play a vital role in the economic as well as political reforms of Burma.

Meanwhile, lawyer Kyi Win said he was informed on Saturday that Aung San Suu Kyi's aide Daw Khin Khin Win and her daughter were allowed to visit Dr. Tin Myo Win at his clinic in Bar Street of Rangoon.

"Someone call me today and told me that Daw Khin Khin Win and her daughter have visited Dr. Tin Myo Win at his clinic in Bar Street," Kyi Win said.

Khin Khin Win, has served the Burmese democracy icon as a personal aide through-out her detention.

A source close to the NLD said, Khin Khin Win and her daughter, who oversees Aung San Suu Kyi's foods arrangements, though they were initially allowed to move out of the house at the University avenue, they have been restricted to move since about three years ago.

"They are like Aung San Suu Kyi now, house arrested without committing any crime," the source, who wished to remain anonymous, said.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has been under some form of detention for more than 12 of the past 19 years.