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Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been provided internet connectivity at her home, months after being released from seven-year house detention by the country’s military government.Technicians from the state-run internet service provider, Yatanarpon Teleport, set up a connection at her home on University Avenue Road in Yangon Thursday, Mizzima news agency reported quoting sources at Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD).
In Myanmar, internet connections are controlled by the junta and those who apply for the service must not be involved in politics according to rules set by the government.
Soon after her release from house arrest, the 65-year-old leader said that although she would apply for the internet permit, she would fill in the form saying that she would participate in politics.
The nobel laureate was released from house arrest Nov 13, a week after the country witnessed its first general election in two decades.
“The connection is a communication technology called McWill. But, the telephone has not been installed. With this connection, she will not be able to use voice (internet telephony). Only an internet connection has been installed. Although they told us to provide 1 MB, currently she has received 512 KB. They said they would extend the bandwidth later,” an NLD technician told Mizzima.
The internet installation cost at 560,000 kyat (about $560).
Suu Kyi will apply for a mail4you e-mail account, which is a product of Yatanarpon Teleport and the only officially authorised e-mail account in Burma. The authorities have access to all passwords for mail4you e-mail accounts.
Suu Kyi also wanted to use social networking website Twitter when she was under house arrest.
Meanwhile, NLD spokesman Ohn Kyaing said that the NLD would set up a party website soon.
NLD members agreed that although the junta’s approval for the internet service was not a dramatic change, it was an improvement.
According to figures by the communication ministry, there were more than 400,000 internet users across the country in 2010. Most are located in Rangoon and Mandalay.
Internet service was introduced in Burma in 2000, but the junta strictly controls the internet and websites launched by the opposition and news websites. Most social networking websites have also been banned in the country.
THAINDIAN
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