YANGON, June 11: Myanmar’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi was feeling better on Sunday after suffering from stomach troubles and remained at home under the care of her personal physician, her party said.

“Her family doctor is taking very good care of her. We are sure of that,” said Nyan Win, a spokesman for her National League for Democracy. “The latest information we have is that by yesterday, she was recovering.”

Reports of her illness had on Friday prompted the US State Department to say it was “very concerned” and call on the country’s military rulers to ensure she received prompt treatment.

Nyan Win on Saturday said that the 60-year-old Nobel peace laureate had been briefly hospitalized on Friday for treatment.

But on Sunday he said “it was a misunderstanding,” and that the party was still trying to confirm whether she had been taken to hospital. Aung San Suu Kyi has been held in detention since May 2003.—AFP