Aung San Suu Kyi voices concern over Burma violence

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Source: Associated Press

Recent violence in Burma shows how difficult it will be to achieve unity and democracy in the country, democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi told a South African group by video conference.

Aung San Suu Kyi used a video link on Monday to take questions from a small group at the University of Johannesburg, where her longtime supporters include fellow Nobel peace laureates Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu.

"I think we should all be concerned about hostilities breaking out all over the country," she said, saying such violence underlines the challenge of bringing Burma's many ethnic groups together. "But we do intend to get to the position where we are a true union of hearts and minds," she said.

Aung San Suu Kyi has made a few such virtual appearances to audiences in Hong Kong and the United States since Burma's military leaders freed her from house arrest almost a year ago. She has not been expressly banned from foreign travel. But Sein Win, an overseas opposition leader and Aung San Suu Kyi's cousin, said she might not be allowed to return if she does venture abroad.

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