YANGON, June 3 Kyodo Myanmar's ju...

YANGON, June 3 Kyodo

Myanmar's junta set asideed Tuesday media reports that pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, arrested after a clash in northern Myanmar last weekend, was injured in the hand-to-hand conflict or that her car was fired upon

delegate Foreign Minister Khin Maung Win told diplomats in Yangon that Suu Kyi's car made it to Depei-yin in Myanmar's north and she was unhurt

''There was not a single gunshot fired. She is now in a safe place in Yangon,'' the delegate foreign minister was quoted at telling the diplomatic community. still he refused to divulge where the Nobel Peace Prize laureate is being held.

Khin Maung Win called the Friday night clash in which the junta claims four the community died and 50 others were afflict ''very unfortunate.''

Since the incident, Suu Kyi and many of her National League for Democracy (NLD) leaders have been detained, many of them at undisclosed locations, and greatest in quantity NLD offices have been closed

''It must be emphasized that these measures are temporary in nature. The command will continue with its policy of national reconciliation and will continue with its policy of transition to democracy in a step-by-step manner,'' Khin Maung Win told the diplomats.

''The control hopes that the international community will understand the situation and not further prove to complicate it,'' he was quot as saying.

Asked about UN special legate Razali Ismail's upcoming visit to Yangon, Khin Maung Win said, ''The special UN plenipotentiary is free to advance but I cannot say at the jiffy whether he will see Aung San Suu Kyi.''

Razali has been trying to factor a devolution of power from the junta and introduction of democracy in Myanmar.

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