Aung San Suu Kyi 'must end political activity'

Burma's government has warned pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her party to halt political activities, state media report.

The interior ministry told the Nobel peace prize laureate her party was breaking the law by keeping its offices open and holding meetings.
Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest in November following Burma's first election in 20 years.
The NLD was officially dissolved for refusing to register for the poll.
This first official warning was made in a letter to Aung San Suu Kyi.
The National League for Democracy won a resounding victory in Burma's elections in 1990, but was kept from power by the military junta.
The party refused to re-register in order to take part in last November's election, complaining that the conditions set by the junta were unfair and undemocratic.
In January, Burma's highest court upheld the dissolution of the NLD, saying it would remain an unlawful association.
The court's decision leaves Aung San Suu Kyi and her party outside formal politics in Burma.

Military-backed parties won by far the largest number of seats in the elections which the ruling generals said marked a transition to democracy, but opposition groups and Western nations condemned as a sham.

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