Veiled threats to Suu Kyi from Burma's newspapers
BURMESE pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her party will "meet their tragic end" if they stick to their position including support for Western sanctions, state media said this weekend.
In the first direct criticism of Ms Suu Kyi since she was released from house arrest in November, state media also invited Ms Suu Kyi to co-operate "in building a democratic nation".
"If Suu Kyi and the NLD keep going to the wrong way, ignoring the fact that today's Myanmar is marching to a new era, new system and new political platforms paving the way for democracy, they will meet their tragic end," state-run newspapers said in a commentary.
The papers have long been mouthpieces of the military, which took power in a 1962 coup. Burma held its first elections in two decades last November, but the military shows no sign of loosening its grip even though a civilian-led administration is officially taking over.
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