Burma warned of 'concern' over Suu Kyi
THE UN Security Council voiced "serious concern" yesterday about the sentence passed on Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in a statement watered down to win the assent of China and Russia.
The statement, read to journalists by British ambassador John Sawers, president of the council, called for the release of all Burma's political prisoners.
A Burmese court on Tuesday sentenced Suu Kyi, who has spent 14 of the past 20 years in detention, to three years in jail – which the ruling junta reduced to 18 months of house arrest at her lakeside home in Yangon.
"The members of the Security Council express serious concern at the conviction and sentencing of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and its political impact," the statement, agreed after two days of haggling, said. It called on the Burmese government
"to take further measures to create the necessary conditions for a genuine dialogue with Suu Kyi".
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