Myanmar frees 9 NLD members

Myanmar frees 9 NLD members

MYANMAR: Military-ruled Myanmar freed nine supporters of detained democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday, a week after they were arrested while handing out leaflets on human rights.

The young men, who said they had not been ill-treated despite spending most of their detention in Yangon's notorious Insein Prison, made their protest on May 30, the first anniversary of Suu Kyi's arrest.

"I distributed the leaflets because I wanted the general public to know the human rights that they deserve," Myint Oo told reporters after the group was freed.

The nine, all members of Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD), were picked up at three busy public areas in the capital where they had been handing out leaflets citing a UN human rights declaration. --Reuters