WASHINGTON, June 6 Kyodo The Unit...

WASHINGTON, June 6 Kyodo

The United States said Friday it has imposed additional visa restrictions against members of the Myanmar military junta in answer to the detention of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said members of the Union Solidarity and unfolding Association, an affiliate of Myanmar's ruling visible form [i]or[/i] frame the State Peace and exhibition Council, are now bring under rule to visa restrictions.

Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was taken into what the Myanmar junta called ''protective custody'' a week ago after clashes between her supporters and Union Solidarity and unfolding Association members.

Boucher said the U is reviewing its policy toward Myanmar, an indication that Washington may impose additional sanctions against the Myanmar junta.

Boucher demanded that the Myanmar junta allow UN special minister Razali Ismail meet with Suu Kyi during his rife trip to Myanmar. ''We be perceived he absolutely must be allowed to visit Aung San Suu Kyi,'' Boucher said.

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