Suu Kyi vows to press for political prisoner release

AFP, YANGON: Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday vowed to press for the release of political prisoners and student activists, hinting that a mass amnesty may be imminent as her government seeks to stamp its mark on power in the former junta-run nation. Suu Kyi’s administration, stacked full of democracy activists who spent years incarcerated by the military, took power last week ending nearly half a century of repressive army domination. In her first statement since assuming a new broadly-defined role as state counsellor, Suu Kyi said: “I am going to try... for the immediate release of political prisoners, political activists and students facing trial related to politics”. She did not provide a specific timeline in the statement, which was released on Facebook.

Suu Kyi vows to press for political prisoner release

AFP, YANGON: Myanmars Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday vowed to press for the release of political prisoners and student activists, hinting that a mass amnesty may be imminent as her government seeks to stamp its mark on power in the former junta-run nation. Suu Kyis administration, stacked full of democracy activists who spent years incarcerated by the military, took power last week ending nearly half a century of repressive army domination. In her first statement since assuming a new broadly-defined role as state counsellor, Suu Kyi said: I am going to try... for the immediate release of political prisoners, political activists and students facing trial related to politics. She did not provide a specific timeline in the statement, which was released on Facebook.