C O N F I D E N T I A L RANGOON 001160

SIPDIS

STATE FOR EAP/BCLTV

E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/17/2013
TAGS: PGOV PREL BM ASSK
SUBJECT: ASSK HOSPITALIZED


Classified By: COM Carmen Martinez for Reasons 1.5 (B,D)

(C) Sources in Rangoon have offered support for a BBC report
from September 18th that National League for Democracy leader
Aung San Suu Kyi was taken to a private Rangoon clinic late
on September 17th. According to these sources, she was taken
to the clinic for a routine outpatient gynecological
procedure. The sources agreed with the BBC's reporting that
the procedure was completed without complications. We were
unable to ascertain for certain whether ASSK had been
released from the hospital or whether she was still
recovering there. A close associate of ASSK's said that a
medical "bulletin" updating her condition would be released
widely on September 19th.
Martinez