Michelle Yeoh deported from Myanmar
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June 29, 2011, Wednesday
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THE government of Myanmar has deported Hollywood actress Michelle Yeoh, who stars as pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in an upcoming movie, officials said yesterday.
The Malaysian actress arrived in the country's main city, Yangon, on June 22 and was deported the same day because she was on a blacklist, a government official said. The official did not say why Yeoh was on the list.
Suu Kyi spokesman Nyan Win confirmed Yeoh was deported but had no other details.
The Luc Besson movie about Suu Kyi's life, "The Lady," is due out later this year, and Yeoh has said she hopes her portrayal of Suu Kyi will raise awareness about the Nobel Peace Prize winner's story.
Suu Kyi, 66, spent most of the last two decades detained by the former military government. She was released last year, just days after an election that her party boycotted and in which she was barred from being a candidate.
The vote was the nation's first in 20 years, and in March, the junta handed power to a civilian government.
Yeoh visited Myanmar in December and spent time with Suu Kyi for the movie, which was filmed in neighboring Thailand.
Yeoh, a former Miss Malaysia, shot to international fame when she co-starred with Pierce Brosnan in the 1997 James Bond film "Tomorrow Never Dies" as a tough but beautiful Chinese spy.
The Malaysian actress arrived in the country's main city, Yangon, on June 22 and was deported the same day because she was on a blacklist, a government official said. The official did not say why Yeoh was on the list.
Suu Kyi spokesman Nyan Win confirmed Yeoh was deported but had no other details.
The Luc Besson movie about Suu Kyi's life, "The Lady," is due out later this year, and Yeoh has said she hopes her portrayal of Suu Kyi will raise awareness about the Nobel Peace Prize winner's story.
Suu Kyi, 66, spent most of the last two decades detained by the former military government. She was released last year, just days after an election that her party boycotted and in which she was barred from being a candidate.
The vote was the nation's first in 20 years, and in March, the junta handed power to a civilian government.
Yeoh visited Myanmar in December and spent time with Suu Kyi for the movie, which was filmed in neighboring Thailand.
Yeoh, a former Miss Malaysia, shot to international fame when she co-starred with Pierce Brosnan in the 1997 James Bond film "Tomorrow Never Dies" as a tough but beautiful Chinese spy.
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