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Myanmar ‘s Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu kyi maybe freed in 6 months

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Singapore : Singapore | about 1 year ago  
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Suu Kyi has been under house arrest since May of 2003. She has had no visitors except her cook and occasional visit from her doctor. She has been under confinement for a 13 out of the total 19 years as she opposes the Military government in Myanmar.

Myanmar Foreign minister Nyan Win indicated that his country’s military junta could release the political dissident Suu Kui from house arrest in about six months

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