Suu Kyi visits Mae La camp in Tak

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Suu Kyi visits Mae La camp in Tak

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วันเสาร์ ที่ 02 มิ.ย. 2555

TAK, June 2--- Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday was warmly welcomed while visiting Myanmar people living at the Mae La camp along the Thai-Myanmar border in the western province of Tak.

Greeted by about 50,000 supporters, Suu Kyi was briefed about the living conditions and problems of Myanmar people living here and met with community leaders at the hospital in the camp.

The Mae La camp accommodates 45,000 mainly ethnic Karen people.

Earlier in the morning, Suu Kyi arrived at the airport in Mae Sot district amid tight security, warmly welcomed by a crowd of Myanmar supporters in white T-shirts bearing portraits of the Myanmar democracy icon.

At the Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge, Myanmar people traversed the Mae Sot-Myawaddy border crossing in the hopes of meeting Suu Kyi as well.

After finishing her visit in Tak, she was scheduled to hold a press conference at Mae Sot airport in the afternoon.

The six-day visit to Thailand beginning on May 29 marks Suu Kyi’s first trip outside of Myanmar in 24 years.

The Nobel laureate spent 15 years in detention before being released from house arrest in Nov 2010. Ms Suu Kyi, chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD), won a by-election for parliament last month and has taken her seat in the country’s parliament. (MCOT online news)

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