Myanmar dismisses deportation rumors

Myanmar dismisses deportation rumors

YANGON (Reuters): Myanmar's military government dismissed on
Sunday rumors that it might deport opposition leader Aung San Suu
Kyi, saying they represented attempts by her party to create news
headlines.

A Myanmar government statement said Suu Kyi's National League
for Democracy (NLD) should join the ruling military and other
countries in finding ways of riding out the Asian economic
crisis, rather than trying to seek publicity.

A NLD statement on Friday quoted Suu Kyi as saying that she
had no intention of leaving Myanmar amid rumors in Yangon that
she might be expelled from the country and the NLD dissolved
after New Year.

The Nobel peace laureate said the government would have
problems finding a country to accept her as she held only
Myanmar's citizenship.

Myanmar's official media have in recent months questioned
whether Suu Kyi is still entitled to Myanmar nationality, on the
grounds that she had married a British man, academic Michael
Aris.