Suu Kyi, in Myanmar since 1988, starts world tour
YANGON, Myanmar, MAY 29 (AP/UNB) - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is taking her first trip abroad in more then two decades, catching a 85-minute flight to neighboring Thailand on Tuesday night.
For 24 years, Suu Kyi was either under house arrest or too fearful that if she left Myanmar, the government would never let her return to continue the battle for democracy.
But with the installation of an elected government last year, and her party's own entrance into parliament this year, she can claim at least partial victory in her long fight.
Suu Kyi is to spend several days in Thailand, meeting with poor migrant workers as well as international movers and shakers, before returning to Myanmar briefly and heading to Europe in mid-June.
For 24 years, Suu Kyi was either under house arrest or too fearful that if she left Myanmar, the government would never let her return to continue the battle for democracy.
But with the installation of an elected government last year, and her party's own entrance into parliament this year, she can claim at least partial victory in her long fight.
Suu Kyi is to spend several days in Thailand, meeting with poor migrant workers as well as international movers and shakers, before returning to Myanmar briefly and heading to Europe in mid-June.
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