Myanmar suggests Suu Kyi release a long way off


  • World
  • Monday, 08 Oct 2007

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military junta suggested on Monday that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will remain under house arrest until a new constitution is approved -- a dim and distant prospect, according to most analysts. 

A commentary in the New Light of Myanmar newspaper, the generals' official mouthpiece, also gave short shrift to the demands of the thousands who joined last month's protests, the biggest anti-junta demonstrations in nearly 20 years. 

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