Military junta in Burma
In recent days, Burma’s military junta has been bombarded with calls to free Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Prize-winning democracy advocate who has been detained, mostly under house arrest, since May 2003.
But with natural gas sales filling the junta’s coffers and cementing its ties with powerful, energy-hungry neighbours, analysts and diplomats say the generals feel under little pressure to act.
Instead, when Ms Suu Kyi’s current detention expires on Sunday, the generals are expected to extend it again – to prevent the charismatic 61-year-old from mobilising an angry public, and from complicating their so-called “roadmap” for political reforms....
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In recent days, Burma’s military junta has been bombarded with calls to free Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Prize-winning democracy advocate who has been detained, mostly under house arrest, since May 2003.
But with natural gas sales filling the junta’s coffers and cementing its ties with powerful, energy-hungry neighbours, analysts and diplomats say the generals feel under little pressure to act.
Instead, when Ms Suu Kyi’s current detention expires on Sunday, the generals are expected to extend it again – to prevent the charismatic 61-year-old from mobilising an angry public, and from complicating their so-called “roadmap” for political reforms....
FT.com / World - Gas boom reinforces Burma’s defiance
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