Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was back home today after being forcibly removed from Yangon station by security personnel early in the morning, witnesses said. Aung San Suu Kyi had arrived back at her residence where she was taken by six military police cars after being prevented from boarding a train to travel outside the city, witnesses said.
Myanmar's military leadership prevented her from going to the northern city of Mandalay where Aung San Suu Kyi said she wanted to check reports of a crackdown on the offices of her National League for Democracy. Aung San Suu Kyi has vowed to defy again the Junta's ban on travel outside the capital.
Railway officials told her she was not allowed on the train because there were no more tickets left, witnesses said.
The United States has strongly condemned her removal from the Yangon railway station. Secretary of state Madeleine Albright said in a statement, “The blatant, heavy-handed action is only the latest outrage committed against aung san suu kyi and other party leaders by Burmese authorities.
“It is unacceptable,” she said.
Bureau Report