Naypyitaw, Myanmar - Myanmar's military supremo on Friday urged political parties to abide by the constitution pushed through last year and to avoid "inciting unrest" in the period prior to a general election planned in 2010.
Senior General Than Shwe, who head the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), as the ruling junta styles itself, vowed to hold next year's general election "systematically."
Naypyitaw, Myanmar - Myanmar's police chief on Sunday claimed to know nothing about a hunger strike being staged by Nobel laureate and political dissident Aung San Suu Kyi to protest her five-plus years under house arrest.
Addressing a press conference in Naypyitaw, the military's new capital situated 350 kilometres north of Yangon, Police Chief Khin Yee said Suu Kyi had recently been visited by her lawyer and doctor and neither had told the government about her hunger strike.
Naypyitaw, Myanmar - Myanmar's military supremo on Friday urged political parties to abide by the constitution pushed through last year and to avoid "inciting unrest" in the period prior to a general election planned in 2010.
Naypyitaw, Myanmar - Myanmar's police chief on Sunday claimed to know nothing about a hunger strike being staged by Nobel laureate and political dissident Aung San Suu Kyi to protest her five-plus years under house arrest.
