WASHINGTON, June 2 Kyodo Presiden...

WASHINGTON, June 2 Kyodo

President George W Bush forward Monday condemned Myanmar's detention of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and its shutting down of several offices of her party, the National League for Democracy.

''I am profoundly concerned by reports from Burma (Myanmar) of the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and members of her political party, as well as reports that military authorities have clos her party headquarters in Rangoon (Yangon),'' Bush said in a statement issued by means of the White House.

Myanmar's military management detained Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, along with her party officials in the northern part of the home on Friday and her whereabouts are still unknown.

''The military authorities should release Aung San Suu Kyi and her supporters immediately, and permit her party headquarters to reopen'' the statement said.

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