MANDALAY (UCAN): Naypyidaw has denied visas to three members of a United Nations (UN) fact finding mission charged with an investigation into human rights violations against the Muslim Rohingya minority people by security forces in the Union of Myanmar.
 
Bishop Alexander Pyone Cho, from of Pyay in the troubled Rakhine State, said that when he read the news it was hard for him to believe it.
 

MANDALAY (UCAN): Ethnic minority groups in the Union of Myanmar have always regarded Aung San Suu Kyi, the state counsellor of the nation, as having little interest in their fate, so they believe the challenge of bringing peace to their country necessitates she develop a new concern.

Mandalay (UCAN): Church personnel in the heavily Christian Kayah state of the Union of Myanmar expressed scepticism at overtures from Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi, during a September 11 visit to drum up support for candidates in the upcoming elections in November.