Myanmar junta says Suu Kyi in good health, has access to doctors
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NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar: Myanmar's military junta has denied a U.N. contention that detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi lacks access to her doctors, insisting her health remains good.
"We allow the doctor to visit her once a month or any time she requests it," Police Chief Maj. Gen. Khin Yi told reporters at a press briefing late Wednesday at the country's new capital of Naypyidaw. "She has not yet made any request for the doctor to see her."
Ibrahim Gambari, the U.N.'s undersecretary-general for political affairs, met Suu Kyi for an hour on Nov. 11. Gambari said she seemed "reasonably well" and alert but that she needs more regular medical attention.
Gambari's visit came two months after the U.N. Security Council took the historic step of putting the country on its agenda in September, meaning that Myanmar's ruling junta is subject to greater U.N. scrutiny.
The visit was Gambari's second since May, when he became the first foreigner to see Suu Kyi in two years. Suu Kyi has spent 11 of the last 17 years in detention, mostly under house arrest.
Suu Kyi, 61, looked gaunt in a rare photo released by the United Nations after her meeting with Gambari.
Suu Kyi's physician, Tin Myo Win, is one of her only connections with the outside world.
Until recently, he was allowed to visit about once a month. However, he was recently quoted as saying that he had not seen her since Aug. 24 because of political developments in the country. He did not elaborate.
He visited her for the first time in nearly three months on Nov. 16 and conducted an ultrasound examination at her request for general checkup during the visit.
Yi confirmed that "the ultrasound results were good and there were no gynecological problems."
Suu Kyi underwent a major operation in September 2003 that other doctors said was a gynecological procedure, and she suffered a stomach ailment in June.
Myanmar's junta took power in 1988 after crushing the democracy movement led by Suu Kyi.
In 1990, it refused to hand over power when Suu Kyi's party won a landslide election victory.
Since then, Suu Kyi, winner of the 1991 Nobel peace prize, has been in and out of detention. She is kept in near-solitary confinement at her home and is generally not allowed telephone contact or outside visitors.
from international herald tribune
