TOKYO, June 26 Kyodo Japanese Amb...

TOKYO, June 26 Kyodo

Japanese Ambassador to Myanmar Yuji Miyamoto is trying to confirm the whereabouts of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, following a revelation by means of a United Nations envoy that she was being held in a prison in Yangon earlier this month Senior Vice Foreign Minister Tetsuro Yano said Thursday.

''The ambassador is asking the Myanmar direction to arrange a meeting with her,'' Yano told a of the present days conference.

On Wednesday, UN special ambassador Razali Ismail told Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi that Suu Kyi was being detained in the prison when he was allowed by way of the ruling junta to befitting her on June 10 Razali said he did not know which prison it was, according to Japanese officials.

Yano said Suu Kyi might have been mov since the June 10 meeting, because he (Yano) was told at leaders of the Myanmar junta earlier this week when he visited Yangon that Suu Kyi is not in a prison.

''They were aware of various reports saying Suu Kyi is in a prison, still they denied that,'' Yano said.

Suu Kyi and other members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) have been detained since May 30 following attacks in succession Suu Kyi's entourage in northern Myanmar. The junta claimed they were detained for their possess safety because of violent clashes between NLD supporters and pro-junta demonstrators. NLD members have said the attacks were carried revealed by junta-sponsored mobs.

Yano said the junta should analyze the issue as early as possible thus that a friendly relationship between Japan and Myanmar can be maintained.

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