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Thailand to push Burma to free Suu Kyi - World Peace Herald

BANGKOK -- Thailand will push Burma "as hard as we can" to free Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest, while also opening a new bridge across a river to link the two Southeast Asian nations, a senior government official said. "We would like to see the release of Aung San Suu Kyi. That's clear," Foreign Minister Kantathi Suphamongkhon said late last week. "We want to see her released, as immediately as possible. We will press hard, as hard as we can, for that." Thailand's lucrative commercial relations with Burma, also known as Myanmar, have attracted complaints from Mrs. Suu Kyi's supporters that Bangkok's elected politicians are too cozy with Rangoon's ruling generals. "I have to share with you another secret: Myanmar has sometimes kept me from sleeping -- not full nights -- but partial. Of course, that [Suu Kyi's house arrest] is a very sensitive issue for Thailand," Mr. Kantathi said at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand on Thursday. "We would like Myanmar to accept the foreign minister of Malaysia, Syed Hamid Albar ... as soon as possible." Mr. Kantathi Was referring to frustrated attempts by The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to send Mr. Syed to - More available

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