Suu Kyi deportation called for

Rangoon - Burma's state press yesterday made its strongest call yet for the deportation of the opposition leader, Aung San Suu…

Rangoon - Burma's state press yesterday made its strongest call yet for the deportation of the opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, while her party said 220 of its members had been detained by the military government since the weekend.

Aung Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy said those held since Sunday include 63 elected members of parliament .

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