Suu Kyi, generals attend 9/11 ceremony

Suu Kyi, generals attend 9/11 ceremony

MYANMAR: Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday attended a memorial ceremony of the Sept. 11 attacks together with senior generals from the ruling military junta, diplomats and witnesses said.

It was the first time the veteran pro-democracy campaigner, freed in May from 19 months of house arrest, has been seen in public attending a function with senior junta officials, the diplomats and other witnesses said, asking to remain anonymous.

They said Suu Kyi was seated in the front row at the ceremony at the Traders Hotel, along with Maj. Gen. Kyaw Win, deputy chief of military intelligence and deputy foreign minister Khin Maung Win.

They were seated separately and did not speak to one another during or after the ceremony, the sources said. --AFP