Myanmar junta frees NLD detainees

Myanmar junta frees NLD detainees

YANGON (AFP): Myanmar's junta said on Wednesday it released 10 members of the main pro-democracy opposition party last week after detaining them for an "exchange of views."

The 10 are National League for Democracy (NLD) members of parliament, elected in 1990 polls which the military refused to recognize.

The junta had said the NLD members were "invited" for a political discussion. It said earlier they were at "government guest houses" and had not been arrested. The junta last week also said it had released 10 opposition figures.

The NLD says 967 of its members have been detained in recent months, including 203 members of parliament elected in the polls that the NLD-led opposition won by a landslide.