Democracy Leader Suu Kyi Leaves Capital
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi left Yangon, Myanmar’s capital, today on a pilgrimage to Thamanya mountain, her first trip to the countryside since her release from house arrest May 6.
Suu Kyi’s car was joined by three other vehicles carrying her National League for Democracy party vice chairman, Tin Oo, and his wife, other senior members of the party, youth members and a doctor, party officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Suu Kyi, 56, left without fanfare, apparently to keep a big crowd of supporters and journalists from following her.
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