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Re:Myanmar says Suu Kyi can go to England for funeral
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This comes at a time when many of us are much saddend by the news of the 
demise of Dr Michael Aris whose request for a visa to see his wife Daw 
Aung San Suu Kyi was rejected outright by the SPDC. Now, SPDC is saying 
that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi can attend her husband's funeral when she did 
not request to do so.
 
Obviously, SPDC is still trying very hard to get Daw Aung San Suu Kyi 
leave Burma. 

Therefore, I would like to ask SPDC to stop being a nuisance to Daw Aung 
San Suu Kyi immediately at this very sad and difficult moment for her 
when they could have granted a visa to Dr Aris to fulfill his last wish 
to see his wife during the earlier days of his illness. 

"Our condolences to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her family on the demise of 
Dr Michael Aris on 27 March 1999"

With metta,

Minn Kyaw Minn
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>Myanmar says Suu Kyi can go to England for funeral
>04:03 a.m. Mar 28, 1999 Eastern
>YANGON, March 28 (Reuters) - Myanmar's military government on Sunday 
said it
>would let democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi travel to England if she 
wished
>to attend the funeral of her husband, Michael Aris.
>
>The military government also said in a statement it would help the 
Nobel
>laureate carry out her husband's funeral and religious rites in Yangon.
>
>``The government of Myanmar is deeply saddened to hear of Mr. Michael 
Aris'
>demise and sends its sincerest condolences and sumpathy to the bereaved
>family in the time of grief,'' the statement said.
>
>``While the government is assisting Ms. Suu Kyi in enabling her to 
carry out
>her husband's funeral and religious rites in Yangon, the government
>continues its offer and stands ready in providing (her) with all 
possible
>assistance if she desires travelling to England to attend the 
funeral,'' it
>said.
>
>The statement set no conditions for her travel to England but did not
>guarantee that Suu Kyi could return to Myanmar.
>
>Myanmar's government-controlled newspapers did not report the death of 
Aris,
>a specialist in Tibetan studies who died of prostate cancer in a 
British
>hospital on Saturday, his 53rd birthday.
>
>Aris' repeated requests to see his wife in Yangon one last time were 
turned
>down by the government, which instead offered to let Suu Kyi visit Aris 
in
>Britain and then return home -- on condition that she not politicise 
the
>trip.
>
>Suu Kyi, who has been a thorn in the side of the military government 
for
>years, rejected the offer, fearing she would not be allowed back into
>Myanmar. She has not left the country since 1988.
>
>
>

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