US Condemns decision to extend detention of Suu Kyi

Washington, May 28 (UNI) The United States has condemned the decision of Myanmar's ruling military regime to extend the detention of Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, according to a statement released of the State Department.

Describing the action as ''yet another sign of the regime's intransigence and brutal repression'' the US, in its statement released last night, urged Myanmar's rulers to take steps to move the country toward democracy and national reconciliation.

Ms Suu Kyi, the leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD), is currently under house-arrest under the orders of the junta calling itself the State Peace and Development Council. NLD won national elections in 1990, but the military regime prevented it from taking leadership of the country.

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