Only UN can save Aung San Suu Kyi: expert
"An Australian expert says that the UN secretary-general should personally intervene into the detention of Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi."There has been global condemnation of the military junta's latest move to keep Ms Suu Kyi locked up.
"The charges against her, for allegedly breaching the terms of her house arrest, have been roundly dismissed by outside observers as both ridiculous and baseless.
"But it could be just the thing to keep Suu Kyi out of the public eye until Burma's election next year.
"Professor Monique Skidmore from Canberra University is an expert on Burma and goes there several times a year.
"She says the country's military junta has made sure there is no chance of another uprising like the one which was led by monks in 2007.
"'There are still monasteries completely depopulated from monks after the 2007 monk-led uprising,' she told ABC Radio's The World Today ..."
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Myanmar democracy activist held in prison The Associated Press
Sign at Amnesty International's campaign for Aung San Suu Kyi
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