Burma media warns of 'tragic end' for Aung San Suu Kyi

13 February 2011
Last updated at 20:24 GMT

Burma media warns of 'tragic end' for Aung San Suu Kyi

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Burma's state media have published their first direct criticism of the democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi since her release from house arrest.

The commentary said she and her party would "meet their tragic end" if they continued to endorse Western sanctions.

Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest last November, after she and the NLD were excluded from the country's first elections in 20 years.

Burma now has a civilian government but the army still dominates parliament.

Commentary published in state-run newspapers accused Aung San Suu Kyi and the banned National League for Democracy (NLD) of "going the wrong way".

It said they had been "ignoring the fact that today's Myanmar [Burma] is marching to a new era, new system and new political platforms paving the way for democracy".

If they continued on this path they would "meet their tragic end", the writer warned, without giving further details.

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