YANGON. June 5: Myanmar military government broadened recent attacks on democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi today with a newspa per commentary saying she could not be trusted to be a leader because she has a British husband, reports Reuter.

Referring to Suu Kyi as the "Puppet Princess", a commentary in the state-run New light ■ of Myanmar said the 1991 Nobel peace laureate could not be trusted to keep state secrets if she were ever to become the country's leader.

"Will the wife not let her husband know in the lest matters that are connected with the affairs of the state?" said the article, written under the pen name "patriot."

"In scrutinising the matter of safeguarding the country from dangers and from the point of view of security of the state, it is quite obvious that

she cannot be trusted In the least." the commentary said.

Myanmar's official media Is seen as the mouthpiece of the military government.

Suu Kyi has repeatedly been attacked verbally for her marriage to British academic Michael Aris. The State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) says she is not a true Myanmar because she lived abroad for many years and married a foreigner.

Over the past two weeks. Myanmar has stepped up its propaganda against foreign interference in the country, calling Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD) party "stooges" of imperialists.

On Tuesday the New Light of Myanmar carried a veiled warning that the NLD might be outlawed, attacking the party's recent plan to draft a new constitution.