"We would like to have access to all the people in need in order to do proper assessments, to help ease according to needs," he said. Mr Maurer travels to the capital, Naypyidaw, on Friday to meet officials and he will meet Mrs Suu Kyi in Beijing during an international conference there next week, he said. Former political prisoner Mrs Suu Kyi won a landslide in elections before becoming the de facto head of the civilian administration in April 2016 after decades of military rule. Mr Maurer said access to conflict areas was "always a difficult equation of security considerations versus needs of people for assistance and protection," but he was "unsatisfied" by the limits in place in Myanmar. Granting more access was in the interests of the government and the armed forces, he said.

Source: Bangkok Post May 11, 2017 06:11 UTC