Yangon, June 04: Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi sustained head and shoulder injuries last week in clashes between her supporters and a junta-backed group which are feared to have left dozens dead, sources said today. "She was hurt by shards of glass on her face and shoulder," a source close to the stalled national reconciliation dialogue said, citing witnesses at the violent protests in northern Myanmar on Friday.


Aung San Suu Kyi was being held at a military camp 40kms north of the capital Yangon, he said.


The source said that the extent of her injuries, sustained when protesters smashed the windscreen of her car, were not known but he believed they were not life-threatening as "otherwise she wouldn`t be held in the camp."

Myanmar`s military junta has denied Aung San Suu Kyi was hurt and said only four people died in the clashes, but the source said the toll was much higher.
"The toll given by the junta is totally below reality and is probably much closer to the 70 to 80 dead figure which has been circulating," he said.

There were also grave fears for the safety of National League for Democracy (NLD) vice-chairman who had been travelling in Aung San Suu Kyi`s entourage during the political tour of northern Myanmar.
"We have very good reasons to be very worried. We have absolutely no news of Tinoo. We don`t know if he`s dead or alive," the source said.

Other members of the pro-democracy campaigner`s entourage detained after the clash are believed to be held at the notorious Insein jail on the outskirts of Yangon.

Bureau Report