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But the people made the mistake of voting for Ms. Suu Kyi's party, the National League for Democracy, and another crackdown followed.
Burma's Leadership Change to Nowhere Bertil Lintner 2011
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They also appear to be annoyed that Ms. Suu Kyi's political organization has continued its work even though it refused to participate in the vote last year, resulting in its automatic dissolution under Myanmar law.
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Those issues included humanitarian concerns such as health care and the status of Ms. Suu Kyi's party, the National League for Democracy, which the government officially disbanded last year though it continues to operate as a social group.
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Since first being put under house arrest in 1989 around the time of the election, Ms. Suu Kyi's fate has tracked the junta's cycles.
Burma's Leadership Change to Nowhere Bertil Lintner 2011
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Ms. Suu Kyi met for roughly an hour with Labor and Social Welfare Minister Aung Kyi at a government guest house and discussed a range of issues, according to the Associated Press and Ms. Suu Kyi's political organization.
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Nyan Win, a spokesman for Ms. Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party, said her political organization was waiting for the Election Commission to issue its latest campaign rules.
Myanmar's Suu Kyi Tests Leash With a Tour Patrick Barta 2012
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An earlier political tour in 2003 ended in disaster when pro-government mobs attacked Ms. Suu Kyi's entourage, leaving many of her followers dead, though few residents expect such violence this time given the recent changes in Myanmar's government.
Myanmar's Suu Kyi Tests Leash With a Tour Patrick Barta 2012
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Her political tours have also stoked tensions in the past, including in 2011, when state media warned Ms. Suu Kyi's followers against unrest ahead of a planned trip by Ms. Suu Kyi to the Myanmar countryside.
Myanmar's Suu Kyi Tests Leash With a Tour Patrick Barta 2012
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It is also unclear whether Ms. Suu Kyi's latest forays are legal.
Myanmar's Suu Kyi Tests Leash With a Tour Patrick Barta 2012
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The elections are controversial because the military has ruled the country for decades and the last election, in 1990, won by Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy was not allowed to take their parliamentary seats and the election was disavowed.
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