Suu Kyi Meets Her Lawyer Again

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By WAI MOE Thursday, September 11, 2008

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Burma’s detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had a one-hour meeting on Thursday at her home with her lawyer, Kyi Win, according to her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD).


NLD spokesman Win Naing confirmed the meeting but was unable to give any further details. It’s feared that Suu Kyi is on a hunger strike after refusing deliveries of food and other household supplies for more than three weeks.

NLD sources said Kyi Win was routinely questioned by the police special branch after his meeting with Suu Kyi.

Kyi Win last visited Suu Kyi on September 1, and afterwards reported that she had made no mention of a hunger strike. He quoted her as saying: “I am well, but I have lost some weight. I am a little tired and I need to rest.”

In a statement on September 5, the NLD expressed concern about Suu Kyi’s welfare and said she was refusing food supplies “in protest against ... her unlawful detention under the security law."

NLD spokesman Nyan Win said Suu Kyi and her lawyer had discussed at the September 1 meeting a lawsuit she is bringing against her continuing detention, which was extended in May. She has been under house arrest since May 2003.

Kyi Win had two meetings with Suu Kyi last month, on August 8 and August 17.