Myanmar media blames Suu Kyi<\/p>\n
Associated Press, Yangon<\/p>\n
Myanmar's state-run press blamed detained opposition leader Aung
\nSan Suu Kyi on Saturday for a bloody clash between her followers
\nand government supporters, and said the violence showed she was
\nincapable of running the country.<\/p>\n
Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been held under
\n"protective detention" by the military government since the May
\n30 clash in northern Myanmar in which at least four people died.
\nTop members of her National League for Democracy party have also
\nbeen put under house arrest and party offices have been closed
\nnationwide.<\/p>\n
The government says members of Suu Kyi's party instigated the
\nviolence when her motorcade was confronted by thousands of
\nmilitary supporters. But opposition accounts say progovernment
\nthugs ambushed Suu Kyi's motorcade, stabbing and beating her
\nfollowers as they neared the town of Depayin and killing up to 80
\npeople.<\/p>\n
If Suu Kyi "caused a violent clash because she had not been
\nable to deal with a group of peaceful protesters, it is hard for
\nus to believe her utterances that she is capable of dealing with
\nmatters concerning ethnic problems and the whole country," the
\nstate-run Myanma Ahlin newspaper said in a commentary.<\/p>\n
The junta says its strong-arm rule is necessary to control
\nMyanmar's fractious ethnic minorities, and that it will restore
\ndemocracy when the time is ripe.<\/p>\n
The newspaper described the opposition account as "slanderous
\nlies and accusations and rumors", including that the attack was a
\npremeditated government plot.<\/p>\n
World leaders including U.S. President George W. Bush and UN
\nSecretary-General Kofi Annan have urged Suu Kyi's immediate
\nrelease.<\/p>",
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