OlympicsJul 20, 2008
Myanmar may free Suu Kyi in six months: Singapore minister
By Melanie Lee
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Military-ruled Myanmar could release detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in about half a year, once a maximum detention period of six years has expired, Singapore's foreign minister said on Sunday.
The Nobel peace laureate's confinement to her lakeside home in Yangon was extended in May despite international pleas to the generals to end her latest stretch of detention, which began in May 2003.
"Under their law the maximum period of detention for Daw Sang Suu Kyi is one year as approved by the home ministry and five more years as approved by the prime minister as a cabinet decision ... meaning a maximum of six years," Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo quoted Myanmar's Foreign Minister Nyan Win as saying.
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