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Red Cross to meet Myanmar Junta
Yangon, June 18: The International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) said Monday it would meet Myanmar`s home affairs minister Tin Hlaing today in an attempt to secure access to detained democracy campaigners.
Yangon, June 18: The International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) said Monday it would meet Myanmar's home affairs minister Tin Hlaing today in an attempt to secure access to detained democracy campaigners.
ICRC delegation head in Myanmar, Michel Ducraux, said that while it appeared the junta would permit meetings with some of those detained, it was not clear whether opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi would be among them.
"This is a point I would like to clarify because my source was not able to give me this detail. However, we are interested in meeting with all the people and not especially with the person who makes the headlines," he told reporters.
"It seems according to very serious sources that we should be given some access. I don't know to which extent and i don't know the details," he said.
National League for Democracy (NLD) leader Aung San Suu Kyi was put under "protective custody" after May 30 clashes between her supporters and a pro-Junta gang in Northern Myanmar, which dissidents say left dozens dead.
NLD leaders have been put under house arrest and an unknown number of the party's supporters were rounded up for questioning after the incident.
Ducraux said it was very difficult to ascertain how many people may have been detained in the crackdown.
"I have no idea, not even an estimate," he said. "We received visits from some parents and families so we have a certain number of names, but it's far from being exhaustive," he said.
Bureau Report
ICRC delegation head in Myanmar, Michel Ducraux, said that while it appeared the junta would permit meetings with some of those detained, it was not clear whether opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi would be among them.
"This is a point I would like to clarify because my source was not able to give me this detail. However, we are interested in meeting with all the people and not especially with the person who makes the headlines," he told reporters.
"It seems according to very serious sources that we should be given some access. I don't know to which extent and i don't know the details," he said.
National League for Democracy (NLD) leader Aung San Suu Kyi was put under "protective custody" after May 30 clashes between her supporters and a pro-Junta gang in Northern Myanmar, which dissidents say left dozens dead.
NLD leaders have been put under house arrest and an unknown number of the party's supporters were rounded up for questioning after the incident.
Ducraux said it was very difficult to ascertain how many people may have been detained in the crackdown.
"I have no idea, not even an estimate," he said. "We received visits from some parents and families so we have a certain number of names, but it's far from being exhaustive," he said.
Bureau Report