The New Nation - Internet Edition

AP, Yangon

Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi failed to retrieve food delivered to her home amid speculation she may have launched a hunger strike.

Nyan Win, spokesman for the National League for Democracy, said Tuesday he could not confirm whether Suu Kyi was refusing to eat, but said bags of food delivered Monday to a checkpoint outside her heavily guarded house were not picked up. Suu Kyi has been under house arrest for 13 of the past 19 years, and she relies on the NLD's food deliveries for survival. It remains unclear whether Suu Kyi has launched a hunger strike since her supporters are barred from meeting her. Burmese dissident groups based in neighboring Thailand said Monday she began a hunger strike on Aug. 15 and hasn't accepted food since. "If Daw Aung San Suu Kyi continues to refuse food from her comrades, her health will be of serious concern," one group, the National League for Democracy (Liberated Area), said in a statement.