Michelle Yeoh deported from Burma before Aung San Suu Kyi film

[galvatron]

Michelle Yeoh deported from Burma before Aung San Suu Kyi film
The Hollywood actor, who is to play Aung San Suu Kyi in a movie, was deported on the day she arrived in Yangon


The Hollywood actress Michelle Yeoh, who stars as the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in an upcoming movie, has been deported from Burma.

The Malaysian actress arrived in the country's main city, Yangon, on 22 June and was deported the same day because she was on a blacklist, a government official said.

The official did not say why Yeoh was on the list, but Burma's repressive government has routinely rejected visa requests of journalists and perceived critics for years.

Aung San Suu Kyi's spokesman Nyan Win confirmed Yeoh had been deported but had no other details.

The Luc Besson movie about Aung San Suu Kyi's life, The Lady, is due out later this year, and Yeoh has said she hopess her portrayal of Aung San Suu Kyi will raise awareness about the Nobel peace prize winner's story.

Aung San Suu Kyi, 66, has spent most of the past two decades detained by the former military junta. She was released last year, days after an election that her party boycotted and in which she was barred from being a candidate.

The vote was the nation's first in 20 years, and in March the junta handed power to a civilian government. But critics say little has changed and the new government is merely a front for continued rule by the army, which has been in power since 1962.

Yeoh visited Burma in December and spent time with Aung San Suu Kyi for the movie, which was filmed in neighbouring Thailand.

Yeoh, a former Miss Malaysia, shot to international fame when she co-starred with Pierce Brosnan in the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies as a tough but beautiful Chinese spy. She has also starred in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Memoirs of a Geisha.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011...ted-burma-film

[kidd]

I'm surprised that the Burma government didn't ban the whole crew.

[kidd]

A bit OT.

What reason did the military junta gave last time when they put Au San Suu Kyi under house arrest?

[HuangYushi]

Published: Thursday June 30, 2011 MYT 3:47:00 PM
Michelle Yeoh 'saddened' by Myanmar deportation
Link: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp...852&sec=nation

HONG KONG: Former Bond girl Michelle Yeoh, who plays Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in an upcoming biopic, says she is "saddened" by her recent deportation from the country.

The Malaysian actress arrived in the country's main city, Yangon, on June 22 and was deported the same day because she was on a blacklist, a government official said Tuesday.

In her first comment on the deportation, Yeoh said in a statement Thursday that she was "shocked and terribly saddened by the action."

She added that she harboured no ill will and remained fond of Myanmar and its people.

Yeoh met Suu Kyi when she visited Myanmar in December. The Luc Besson movie about the Nobel Peace laureate's Kyi's life, The Lady, is due out later this year. - AP

[Ian Liew]

A bit OT.

What reason did the military junta gave last time when they put Au San Suu Kyi under house arrest?

I think it was for allowing that American man to swim to her house and stay overnight, or something.