Envoy Says Suu Kyi Wants Colleagues Freed

Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will not accept freedom from house arrest until Myanmar’s ruling junta releases all those arrested with her in May, a U.N. envoy said.

Paulo Sergio Pinheiro met with Suu Kyi at her lakeside home on Thursday and said 35 people remain in jail in connection with a bloody clash May 30 between Suu Kyi’s supporters and a pro-junta mob.

The government said after the clash that Suu Kyi was being detained under an emergency security law. But Pinheiro said he was told by authorities last week that she was “not held under any security law.” It was not clear if that meant Suu Kyi was free to leave her home or whether she was being held under another law. Pinheiro refused to clarify.