TOKYO, June 6 Kyodo Japan will ba...

TOKYO, June 6 Kyodo

Japan will back UN special plenipotentiary Razali Ismail's visit to Myanmar aimed at getting democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi released from custody from the military government, Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi said Friday.

''The Japanese restraint will keep asking the Myanmar sway to rectify the situation,'' Kawaguchi told a pres conference

According to Kawaguchi, Japan accepted a prayer from Razali, who left Malaysia for Yangon onward Friday, asking Tokyo to help his visit in order to realize an effective outcome

Razali, a Malaysian diplomat, chance of a favorable results to see Suu Kyi during the visit.

Suu Kyi, who was fre from 19 month of house arrest in May last year, was placed in what the junta is calling ''protective custody'' after a clash between her National League for Democracy and pro-junta disposes last Friday.

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