The United States said Monday that military-run Burma is "up to its old tricks" with its threats against democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi.
Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi addresses a gathering of youth at her National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters in Yangon on February 8. The United States said Monday that military-run Myanmar is "up to its old tricks" with its threats against Suu Kyi.
"Burma claims there is a new era, but it is up to its old tricks by threatening #AungSanSuuKyi," State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said on Twitter, referring to Burma by its former name.
"New suits does not a new system make," Crowley added.
State media in Burma warned in a commentary that Suu Kyi and her party will "meet their tragic ends" if they keep up their opposition to an end to Western sanctions.
The remarks follow a recent statement by Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) that argued that the punitive measures were helping to pressure the authorities and had not affected the economy significantly.
It was the first explicit criticism of the Nobel Peace Prize winner by state media since her release after seven years of house arrest in November, days after an election that was denounced by democracy activists and the West.
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