Suu Kyi condemns election ban

Detained Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said she is surprised but undaunted by the military government's new election laws that will bar her from running for office or even voting in polls to be held this year.

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate described the laws as "repressive" and "unjust" and called for a strong response from supporters of her democracy movement, but has not yet specified what they should do, her party spokesman Nyan Win said.