Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the situation in Myanmar (lawsuit against Daw Aung San Suu Kyi)

May 15, 2009

Regarding the case that on May 14 (Thu), Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who was under house arrest, was transferred to Insein Prison where a trial was held in the special court, Japan expresses its deep concern, and will keep observing the situation.
In the morning of May 15 (Fri), Mr. Hiroshi Inomata, Director General for Southeast and Southwest Asian Affairs Department, MOFA, delivered the view of the Government of Japan to H.E. Hla Mynt, Ambassador of Myanmar to Japan, saying that the Government of Japan observes the situation with deep concern, and hopes that democratization in Myanmar will be promoted with participation of all the parties concerned and that international community could give a high regard for a general election in 2010.
Japan strongly hopes that the democratization process in Myanmar will be advanced at an early time, in a way that involves all the parties concerned including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

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