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New Delhi (Mizzima) – Detained pro-democracy icon Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's lawyer said he was summoned to the attorney-general's office in Burma's new jungle capital, Naypyitaw, for a discussion on his client's appeal against house arrest.

Kyi Win said the Special Branch of the police in Rangoon on Saturday informed him that he had been summoned to Naypyitaw for a meeting at the Attorney-General's office on Tuesday.

But having agreed with Aung San Suu Kyi not to travel because of his ill-health, Kyi Win said he had asked Hla Myo Myint, a Supreme Court advocate, to go on his behalf. But as Hla Myo Myint was preparing to leave on Monday, January 26, SB officials told him at the railway station that the plan had been canceled.

"The SB officials came and informed us but stopped Hla Myo Myint from proceeding as he has about to board the train to Naypyitaw on Monday," Kyi Win said.

"The SB official said the meeting was to discuss the appeal," said Kyi Win, adding that the officials, however, did not give any reason for the subsequent cancellation.

"The official also said it could be for a discussion on the request to meet Aung San Suu Kyi," Kyi Win added.

Nobel Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi had appealed against her detention through her lawyer Kyi Win last October. However, the junta so far has not responded and also stopped Kyi Win from meeting her.

Kyi Win has also  appealed twice to the Prime Minister Office to allow him a meeting with his client. But the appeal is yet to fetch a response.

Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained for more than 13 of the past 19 years.