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BKK Post, Mar:21. BURMA / SUU KYI



BURMA / SUU KYI  INTERVIEW

'Sanction should continue'
Washington, AFP

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi called in an interview published on Thursday for contained sanction against her country.
     "We do not think investment at this time really helps the people of Burma,"she said in an interview with Business week. "It provides the military regime with a psychological boost,"she added.
      "If companies from western democracies are prepared to invest under these circumstances, then it gives the military regime reason to think that they can continue violating human rights because even western business companies don't mind,"she said.
      Aung San Suu Kyi,leader of the opposition NLD and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, also said Burma's economic situation was "very bad", with prices rising and investors pulling out.
      Her comments follow a recommendation by a blue-ribbon US delegation that visited Burma in February that Washington should ease some sanctions on humanitarian grounds.