Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Burma: Chinese Refugees, Suu Kyi security

Refugees from Kokang, northern Burma, rest at temporary shelter in Nansan, on Chinese border (Reuters).

BEIJING — Chinese officials imposed an information black-out on Tuesday on the situation along its border with Burma and began taking down tents that had sheltered an estimated 30,000 refugees who fled into China to escape recent fighting between Burma’s military and ethnic rebels.

Suu Kyi to boost security at her house
YANGON, Burma — Detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi plans to repair her dilapi-dated two-story home to im-prove security, after an Ameri-can's high-profile intrusion led to her house arrest being ex-tended. Suu Kyi wants to reinforce two balconies on the upper floor, which have only glass doors, and meet with an architect to discuss other renovations, said lawyer Nyan Win: The 64-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate is "very keen to have her house repaired, mainly for security reasons."

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