Suu Kyi toys with military

RANGOON - The Burmese democracy leader, Ms Aung San Suu Kyi, appeared to enjoy playing a cat and mouse game with the military…

RANGOON - The Burmese democracy leader, Ms Aung San Suu Kyi, appeared to enjoy playing a cat and mouse game with the military government as she criticised the regime's latest crackdown at a news conference yesterday.

"I bet the MI (military) walkie talkies are busy now," Ms Sun Kyi joked as she watched about a dozen journalists piling out of cars to attend a news conference with her at a house several streets from her home. Her street is barricaded.

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