UN chief to lobby Myanmar
For Suu Kyi's release.
The Associated Press
WFLS News
Date published: 7/3/2009
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is
heading into talks with Myanmar's junta chief for
what he calls "a very tough mission" to win freedom for the
country's opposition leader.
Shortly after the U.N. chief arrived in Myanmar, the court
presiding over Aung San Suu Kyi's widely
criticized trial announced an adjournment until July 10. The trial
had been set to resume Friday after a monthlong delay with her
final defense witness taking the stand.
If Ban is allowed to meet with the 64-year-old Nobel Peace
Laureate, he will be the first U.N. secretary-general to do so
since her first period of detention started in 1989.
Senior U.N. officials traveling with Ban called the trip a
"highly risky" one for the secretary-general, whose image would
suffer if the junta ignores his demands.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Date published: 7/3/2009
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