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Freed Suu Kyi calls for talks
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November 15, 2010, Monday
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MYANMAR democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, freed from seven years of house arrest, told thousands of wildly cheering supporters yesterday that she would continue to fight for human rights and the rule of law in the military-controlled nation. She called for face-to-face talks with the government leader.
Speaking to a crowd of more than 5,000 people at the dilapidated headquarters of her political party, she urged her followers to work for national reconciliation.
"If we want to get what we want, we have to do it in the right way; otherwise we will not achieve our goal however noble or correct it may be," she cautioned.
Suu Kyi, 65, said her message to government leader General Than Shwe was, "Let's speak to each other directly." The two last met in secret talks in 2002.
"I am for national reconciliation. I am for dialogue. Whatever authority I have, I will use it to that end. I hope people will support me," she said.
She said she bore no grudge against those who had held her in detention for more than 15 of the last 21 years, adding she was treated well.
Speaking of her isolation while under house arrest, Suu Kyi said she "always felt free within myself. I kept myself pretty much on an even keel."
But she said that for years she had only listened to the radio, adding, "I'd like to listen to human voices."
Suu Kyi took up the struggle in 1988.
Speaking to a crowd of more than 5,000 people at the dilapidated headquarters of her political party, she urged her followers to work for national reconciliation.
"If we want to get what we want, we have to do it in the right way; otherwise we will not achieve our goal however noble or correct it may be," she cautioned.
Suu Kyi, 65, said her message to government leader General Than Shwe was, "Let's speak to each other directly." The two last met in secret talks in 2002.
"I am for national reconciliation. I am for dialogue. Whatever authority I have, I will use it to that end. I hope people will support me," she said.
She said she bore no grudge against those who had held her in detention for more than 15 of the last 21 years, adding she was treated well.
Speaking of her isolation while under house arrest, Suu Kyi said she "always felt free within myself. I kept myself pretty much on an even keel."
But she said that for years she had only listened to the radio, adding, "I'd like to listen to human voices."
Suu Kyi took up the struggle in 1988.
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