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(CNN) -- Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi -- under house arrest for 12 of the last 18 years -- met with the country's newly-appointed liaison officer Thursday, Myanmar's state-run television reported.
It was the first time in three years that Suu Kyi had been allowed to leave the house in Yangon.
A U.S. diplomat in Yangon told CNN she witnessed a convoy carrying Suu Kyi leave her home around 2 p.m. (3:30 a.m. ET), and had been told by local sources that she was to meet with U Aung Kyi at a Yangon guest house where she has previously met with government officials.
Amid international pressure following September's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations, Myanmar's ruling junta named Deputy Minister of Labor Aung Kyi as its liaison officer with the detained Nobel laureate.
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(CNN) -- Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi -- under house arrest for 12 of the last 18 years -- met with the country's newly-appointed liaison officer Thursday, Myanmar's state-run television reported.
It was the first time in three years that Suu Kyi had been allowed to leave the house in Yangon.
A U.S. diplomat in Yangon told CNN she witnessed a convoy carrying Suu Kyi leave her home around 2 p.m. (3:30 a.m. ET), and had been told by local sources that she was to meet with U Aung Kyi at a Yangon guest house where she has previously met with government officials.
Amid international pressure following September's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations, Myanmar's ruling junta named Deputy Minister of Labor Aung Kyi as its liaison officer with the detained Nobel laureate.
More at link...
