BANGKOK (Thomson Financial) - Myanmar will not release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej said Wednesday after talks with his counterpart from the military-run country.
Samak said Prime Minister General Thein Sein confirmed to him that the junta would not release the Nobel peace laureate, who has spent most of the past 18 years under house arrest or in jail.
Samak also confirmed that Aung San Suu Kyi would be barred from elections under a draft constitution which is being put to a referendum on May 10.
Samak said the general had reiterated that after the referendum, Myanmar would set up political parties to contest elections the junta says will be held in 2010.
The referendum will be the first balloting in Myanmar since 1990, when Aung San Suu Kyi led her National League for Democracy to a landslide victory, which was never recognised by the military rulers.
Thailand, which is one of the biggest investors and trading partners in Myanmar, opposes sanctions and says putting pressure on the junta to change is counterproductive.
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