Myanmar daily links Suu Kyi to terrorism

Myanmar daily links Suu Kyi to terrorism

YANGON (AFP): Myanmar's state-run press has linked opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to acts of anarchy and terrorism and claimed she was in the pay of Western colonialists.

"Daw (Mrs.) Suu Kyi is a traitor to the nation and colonialists' cohort who believed in and applied terrorism," a commentary in the New Light of Myanmar daily reported yesterday.

The long commentary also raised the issue of racial purity, saying Suu Kyi "has no desire to safeguard the race." After marrying a Briton, "she gave birth to children who have blood of colonialists without any shame instead of the blood of the national leaders."

The article published yesterday was part of a series. Yangon dailies regularly carry commentaries in two or three parts.