Myanmar frees more NLD activists
Ap, Yangon
Myanmar's military government has released four more activists who were detained last May after holding prayer vigils for the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a spokesman for her party said yesterday. Three members of the National League for Democracy and one former member of the party were released Thursday, along with a fifth protester who was arrested in April for demonstrating against economic hardship, the NLD's Nyan Win said in a telephone interview. "With the release of five people on Thursday, five more who participated in prayer vigils, or who staged protests over economic hardship, remain under detention," Nyan Win said. Political rallies are banned in Myanmar, which has been under military rule since 1962. The current military junta seized power after crushing pro-democracy protests in 1988.
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