EBO Burma News, 24 June 2003
News Summary:
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1.
2. Horta and Albright Campaign
for Peace in
3. Senior democracy leader detained in
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Malaysian National News Agency
PUTRAJAYA, June 24 (Bernama)
-- Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said Tuesday
that the detention of
the
In this respect, the Prime Minister hoped
that
a Nobel Peace Prize winner, as soon as
possible.
"I hope that the
by other countries, especially Asean in this matter.
"Because this (the detention) has
placed Asean in a dilemma," he told reporters
when asked on the action of the
Suu Kyi under detention since May 30
following a clash between her supporters
and pro-government groups.
Dr Mahathir was
speaking at a media conference at his office here to announce
a Cabinet reshuffle.
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Suara
Timor Lorosae (
Foreign Minister José Ramos Horta together
with former
State Madeleine Albright, Nobel Laureates Oscar Arias Sanchez, from Costa
Rica, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, from
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Senior democracy leader detained
in Myanmar is in good health, ICRC says
National League for Democracy (NLD) Tin Oo
is in good health, the
International Committee for the Red Cross
(ICRC) in
An ICRC team met Tin Oo as well as other
pro-democracy supporters arrested
in northern
Alfredo Mallet told AFP.
Tin Oo, who was travelling with Aung San
Suu Kyi when her convoy and
supporters were attacked by a junta-backed mob on
May 30, was in normal
health, Mallet said.
"Our team ... performed their first
visit today and had access to Mr. Tin
Oo," Mallet said. "He's in good
health. He was examined by a doctor, an ICRC
physician, and is in normal health, I would say,
with no apparent injuries."
Mallet declined to reveal where Tin Oo was
being held, saying only he was
in the north. The military government had
insisted the vice chairman was well
and being held in a jail near the Indian
border.
Mallet could not reveal how many political
prisoners were met by the ICRC
team, which began its tour of northern
the government was keeping its end of the
deal.
"I cannot say where (they were met),
neither can I disclose the number of
persons, but it shows that the agreement ... is
working," he said, adding that
those the ICRC had seen had written letters to
their families to assure them
they were alive.
private access to those arrested during last
month's violence, but has refused
the ICRC's request
to see Aung San Suu Kyi.
Mallet said the ICRC was continuing to
push to see the Nobel peace laureate.
"We cannot accept that one person is
not entitled to a visit by the ICRC,"
he said.
Two ICRC teams of six are currently
deployed in northern
travelling to meet detainees and the other is now in
travelling outside the city shortly, Mallet said.
The number of people arrested in
connection with the attacks is unknown.
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