Suu Kyi begins rebuilding her political movement

BURMESE democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi began the nuts and bolts work of reviving her political movement yesterday, consulting lawyers about having her now-disbanded party declared legal again, her spokesman said.

Suu Kyi was released at the weekend from seven and a half years in detention.

On Sunday, she told thousands of wildly cheering supporters at the headquarters of her National League for Democracy that she would continue to fight for human rights and the rule of law in the military-controlled nation.