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NLd members allowed to see their Le



YANGON, Aug 1 (AFP) - More than one hundred supporters of Myanmar's leading
dissident Aung San Suu Kyi and several opposition politicians were allowed
to visit her Saturday, opposition and junta officials said.

They were concerned for the Nobel peace laureate's health after she spent
six days in her car in a stand-off with security forces on a rural highway
26 kilometres (15 miles) from Yangon, the officials said.

She was forced back to her residence late Wednesday having failed to reach
supporters in a provincial town.

The military authorities said on Saturday she was slowly recovering.

Only members of her National League for Democracy (NLD) and opposition
politicians were allowed in to see Aung San Suu Kyi, the officials said.

On Friday, police prevented some senior foreign diplomats from visiting the
opposition leader.

Hundreds of riot police have been deployed across Yangon, including at the
home of Aung San Suu Kyi and the NLD headquarters, and at key bridges and
other strategic locations, residents said.

The move came ahead of the August 8 anniversary of a massacre of
pro-democracy protestors 10 years ago and a deadline set by the NLD for
parliament to be convened by August 21.

The NLD-led opposition won 1990 polls by a landslide but Myanmar's military
junta has refused to relinquish power. The parliament elected in 1990 has
never been allowed to convene.