Democracy Leader Blocked In Burma

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Democracy Leader Blocked in Myanmar

 .c The Associated Press 

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Myanmar's military government stopped a car carrying
pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi today as she traveled outside the
capital to meet a member of her political party. 

Authorities stopped Suu Kyi in the village of Anyarsu, 20 miles south of
Yangon, because her car was not accompanied by military escorts, the Myanmar
government said. 

It was the second time this month the military has stopped Suu Kyi as she left
the capital to meet followers. 

As in the previous incident, the government brought the democracy leader's
meeting partner to her, allowing her to see Tin Min Htut for 20 minutes, the
government said in a statement received in Bangkok, Thailand. 

On July 7, Suu Kyi was stopped by authorities on a similar trip. She refused
to return to Yangon until she had met with a party member. The meeting took
place after a nearly 24-hour standoff in which 30 soldiers lifted Suu Kyi's
car with her inside and turned it around to face the capital. 

The government of Myanmar, also known as Burma, insists that Suu Kyi, the 1991
Nobel Peace laureate, is neither under arrest nor subject to unnecessary
restrictions. It says actions taken to limit her freedom of movement are for
her own safety. 

Suu Kyi's party won parliamentary elections in 1990, but Myanmar's ruling
generals have refused to convene the legislature.