By Zakaria Abdul Wahab Bernama - Friday, May 15
SINGAPORE, May 15 (Bernama) -- Singapore today voiced its dismay over the Myanmar military government's action to file fresh charges against the country’s detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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"This is a setback for the national reconciliation process," the Foreign Affairs Ministry said of its fellow member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean).
In a statement, Singapore said it was dismayed by this latest development, and called on the Myanmar government to release Suu Kyi from detention.
The republic said it was also concerned about recent reports on the 63-year-old Nobel Peace prize winner’s poor health, and that the arrest might exacerbate Suu Kyi’s condition.
Suu Kyi was charged yesterday with violating the terms of her house arrest after an American man was caught swimming away from her lake house across Inya Lake in Yangon this month.
The Nobel Peace laureate has been under detention for over a decade now by the Myanmar authorities for breaching strict state security laws.
-- BERNAMA
Friday 15 May 2009
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