Suu Kyi loyalist confirmed for Burma presidential race

A long-time confidant of Aung San Suu Kyi has been confirmed in a parliamentary vote as one of the three final candidates to be Burma's next president, albeit as a proxy for the Nobel laureate.

Htin Kyaw, of the National League for Democracy party, was approved by a 274-29 vote in the lower house of parliament to be a finalist for the presidential election next week.