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UN envoy slams Burma for refusing Suu Kyi visit
Published:  Feb 19, 2010 9:53 PM
Updated: Feb 20, 2010 3:53 AM

A UN envoy said Friday he "deeply regretted" that Burma's ruling junta had refused to let him meet democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and called for her immediate release ahead of elections this year.

Tomas Ojea Quintana criticised the military regime as he ended his latest mission to Burma, a five-day trip focused on inspecting the human rights situation ahead of the country's first polls in two decades.


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