Aung San Suu Kyi will spend one final night under house arrest, the co-founder of Burma's National League for Democracy (NLD) said.
Miss Suu Kyi is reportedly negotiating the terms of her release with the Burmese military junta, which has kept her under house arrest for 15 of the past 21 years.
The junta signed an order on Friday authorising her release from house arrest, which is now expected to happen on Saturday.
Miss Suu Kyi is thought to be seeking her unconditional release, but the junta is expected to place limitations on her travel and political activities.
U Win Tin addressed supporters at the roadblock in front of Miss Suu Kyi's house, saying it was likely that she would be spending one more night under house arrest.
U Win Tin addressed supporters at the roadblock in front of Miss Suu Kyi's house, saying it was likely that she would be spending one more night under house arrest.
About 600 supporters and onlookers gathered at her NLD party's headquarters on Friday, some wearing T-shirts bearing her image and the words "We stand with Aung San Suu Kyi".
Undercover police were photographing and filming outside the offices, where a banner hung alongside two portraits of the opposition leader read: "The time is here for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi".
An unnamed Burmese official has been quoted as saying there is no doubt that the 65-year-old opposition leader will be released.
"The authorities will release her," said one official. "It is certain."
Her lawyer, Nyan Win, one of the few people allowed to visit her during the long years of detention, was also confident she would be freed in spite of raised hopes that foundered in the past.
"There is no law to hold her for another day," he said. "Her detention expires on Saturday and she will be released." Earlier he said she would reject any attempt to curb her political activities by placing restrictions on her freedom.
He said her first action would likely be to address the NLD's central committee at the party's offices, then she would meet members of the media and her Burmese supporters.
Ms Suu Kyi will be under pressure to challenge the results of Sunday's historic elections – the first in 20 years since the NLD won a landslide vote ignored by the junta – because of widespread electoral fraud.
But the junta must be confident it can contain her. Official results show the pro-junta Union Solidarity and Development Party lead by prime minister Thein Sein – who resigned the military as a general to run – had won a majority in both houses of parliament even before all the votes are tallied.
source : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
Undercover police were photographing and filming outside the offices, where a banner hung alongside two portraits of the opposition leader read: "The time is here for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi".
An unnamed Burmese official has been quoted as saying there is no doubt that the 65-year-old opposition leader will be released.
"The authorities will release her," said one official. "It is certain."
Her lawyer, Nyan Win, one of the few people allowed to visit her during the long years of detention, was also confident she would be freed in spite of raised hopes that foundered in the past.
"There is no law to hold her for another day," he said. "Her detention expires on Saturday and she will be released." Earlier he said she would reject any attempt to curb her political activities by placing restrictions on her freedom.
He said her first action would likely be to address the NLD's central committee at the party's offices, then she would meet members of the media and her Burmese supporters.
Ms Suu Kyi will be under pressure to challenge the results of Sunday's historic elections – the first in 20 years since the NLD won a landslide vote ignored by the junta – because of widespread electoral fraud.
But the junta must be confident it can contain her. Official results show the pro-junta Union Solidarity and Development Party lead by prime minister Thein Sein – who resigned the military as a general to run – had won a majority in both houses of parliament even before all the votes are tallied.
source : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
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