Myanmar confirms detention of 14 Suu Kyi supporters

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2008

NAYPYIDAW (AFP) — Myanmar's police chief Thursday confirmed that 14 supporters of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been detained for nearly one month after protesting against the extension of her house arrest.

Brigadier General Khin Yee, the police chief, also told AFP that six journalists had been deported for entering the country on tourist visas to report on deadly Cyclone Nargis. He did not identify the journalists.

The activists were detained on May 27 after leading a small protest against the military's decision to confine the Nobel Peace Prize winner for another year.

She has already spent more than 12 years inside her Yangon home, where she is kept in total isolation.

The group tried to march from the headquarters of her political party,...