YANGON: A UN rights envoy met Myanmar government officials yesterday, kicking off a week-long bid to persuade the military junta to free democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and address its much-criticised rights record.
Paulo Sergio Pinheiro is the second high-level UN official to visit Myanmar since Suu Kyi was confined to her Yangon home in September after major surgery and nearly three months in detention at a secret location.
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