UN envoy says Suu Kyi is unhurt

International concern had intensified over the health and whereabouts of the Nobel peace prize winner since violence erupted on May 30 as she was touring a provincial town in the north. She has been in detention since then.

Envoy Razali Ismail met Suu Kyi for an hour at the junta's headquarters in Yangon.

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At Yangon airport, as he was about to leave for Kuala Lumpur, Razali was asked by reporters about Suu Kyi's condition.

"No injuries," he said. "I can assure you she's well and in good spirits."

Before the meeting, Razali said the junta had yet to be persuaded to release Suu Kyi, adding he hoped to return "as soon as possible" to push for her freedom.

"Now we have to work for her release...and to work for the national reconciliation to be back on track," the envoy said, referring to a stalled dialogue between the government and opposition which he brokered three years ago.

Diplomats told Reuters earlier they expected Suu Kyi to be returned to her lakeside residence in Yangon, where she has spent much of the past 14 years under house arrest.

Diplomatic pressure has mounted on the Myanmar government in recent days, with the United States, Britain and the European Union saying they were considering more trade and investment sanctions because of Suu Kyi's treatment.

Since May 30, the junta has kept Suu Kyi at undisclosed locations and confined leaders of her National League for Democracy (NLD) to their houses.

After her release from a spell of house arrest in May last year, Suu Kyi made a series of trips to the provinces to meet party workers and supporters.