Suu Kyi in talks with Burma official

Burma pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi – under house arrest for 12 of the last 18 years – left her home today to meet a government official, a diplomat said.

Three cars arrived at her home in Rangoon and drove her to a government guest house, where she was to hold talks with a newly appointed liaison minister, Aung Kyi.

The information came from a diplomat who did not want to be identified for political reasons.

A retired general, Aung Kyi was appointed to the post on October 8 to hold talks with Suu Kyi.