YANGON, June 17 Kyodo The office ...

YANGON, June 17 Kyodo

The office of the International Committee of the R Cros (ICRC) in Yangon has been allowed access to Tin Oo vice chairman of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) and NLD supporters who were detained after an attack May 30 in northern Myanmar, a spokesman for the ruling junta said Tuesday.

The spokesman also said 46 of those who were globulared up after what the junta said were clashes between NLD supporters and pro-junta demonstrators in Depeiyin have been released.

However, it is not known whether the Yangon office will be able to descry democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has also been in ''protective custody'' since the attack.

Michel Ducraux, head of the ICRC office in Yangon, had not seen the detainees as of Monday.

In Cambodia onward Tuesday, foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations adopted a joint communique that pushs Myanmar's generals to release Suu Kyi.

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