YANGON: One of Myanmar's most powerful leaders blamed Aung San Suu Kyi's party for violence last week in which at least four people were killed, a sign the military junta may not be willing to free the Nobel laureate from detention.
The comments by military intelligence chief Khin Nyunt, published in state newspapers yesterday just before he met a UN envoy who is in the country to secure Suu Kyi's release, are the first by a senior junta member on the May 30 violence.
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