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Suu Kyi's party to boycott Burma vote
Published:  Mar 30, 2010 4:06 AM
Updated: Mar 30, 2010 10:16 AM

Burma's opposition party led by Aung San Suu Kyi said on Monday it would boycott polls expected later this year, after the country's military rulers introduced a controversial new election law.

The National League For Democracy (NLD) decided at a meeting to refuse to register for the first polls to be held in two decades, a move that would have forced it to oust its detained leader and recognise the junta's constitution.


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