YANGON: UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari, sent to Myanmar to express outrage over the crackdown on anti-government protests, has been forced to wait until Tuesday to meet military leader Than Shwe.Gambari made his second trip in two days to the country's new and remote capital Naypyidaw, hoping to see the reclusive general. But officials said he was taken elsewhere for a political workshop instead.
The secretive government, which in the past has often frustrated efforts by other UN envoys to visit the country, is facing intense international criticism over its suppression of the protests, which left 13 dead and hundreds arrested.
Gambari was allowed to meet detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi for more than an hour Sunday in Yangon to discuss anti-government protests that have rumbled since mid-August but turned into a mass movement last week. 'Link'
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