Nepal’s Parliament seeks Aung San Suu Kyi's release

Siddique Islam
Mizzima News: 16 December, 2006

The Parliament in Nepal has demanded the immediate release of detained Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Subas Nembang tabled a proposal at a meeting of the House on Friday, demanding the release of Suu Kyi from house arrest. Suu Kyi was described as a ‘symbol of Asian democracy'. Dr. Tint Swe, a Burmese elected Member of Parliament in exile attended the meeting.

Speaking at the Reporters' Club in Kathmandu, Tint Swe appreciated the Parliament's proposal seeking Suu Kyi’s release. Tint Swe also said the Parliament in Nepal is the first Parliament in the world to table a proposal seeking the release of Suu Kyi.

The opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been under house arrest for more than 11 years.

"The Security Council should pass a binding resolution on the situation in Myanmar. We have already had a number of resolutions in the past to address our problem, but in vain,” Tint Swe said while addressing a mass assembly at Maitighar Mandala in the city.

Members of the Ex-MPs' Club and the South Asian Forum for Peoples' Initiatives (SAFPI) took out a rally in the capital on Friday. They submitted a memorandum to the United Nations Security Council through the UN House in Kathmandu, requesting the world body to pass a resolution on the human rights situation in Burma.

Accepting the memorandum, Mathew Kahane, the UN resident representative in Nepal, said he would pass it on to the UN Security Council. "The issue of Myanmar is a long-standing one. I hope the council takes up the issue seriously."