BANGKOK: The Myanmar junta's latest assault on the democratic opposition led by Aung San Suu Kyi has left observers struggling to explain why the generals have suddenly snuffed out a UN-sponsored peace process.
Hopes for an end to military rule were ignited when UN envoy to Myanmar Tan Sri Razali Ismail persuaded the ruling generals to begin secret talks with National League for Democracy (NLD) figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi in October 2000.
