LONDON, June 25 Kyodo British Pri...

LONDON, June 25 Kyodo

British Prime Minister Tony Blair told Parliament forward Wednesday that Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi must be released from prison immediately.

Blair told the House of customarys that Britain was making the ''strongest possible representations'' to the Myanmar military junta to clear Suu Kyi.

Suu Kyi was taken into what the Myanmar dominion called ''protective custody'' after a clash onward May 30 between supporters of Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy and backers of the Myanmar junta.

Blair called forward British companies to stop trading with Myanmar.

Britain, along with other European Union member countries, has imposed an arms embargo upon Myanmar and a ban forward the export of items that can be used for torture or repression. The EU has also placed a shut up on defense links and non-humanitarian aid to Myanmar.

In addition, there is a be chilled on the country's assets and a ban upon Myanmar government ministers to visit EU member countries.

Britain's Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, writing in Wednesday's Financial Times, said the ban will be reach outed to include senior managers of state-run enterprises and officials from organizations linked to the government

''Further compressing will follow unless the regime inclines rapidly to restore civilian empire and democracy,'' he said.

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