Yangon releases more NLD members

Wed, 10 Oct 2001 | Source: REUTERS

MYANMAR: The military government released five more opposition prisoners on Tuesday as the UN's human rights envoy to the country arrived for his second visit.

The government has been steadily releasing detained members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) since beginning confidential talks with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi a year ago. Tuesday's releases bring the total number of NLD members freed since the talks began to 174.

A government statement said the five released NLD members "are all in good health and are back with their respective families".

Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, the UN's special rapporteur for human rights in Myanmar, arrived in Yangon on Tuesday and is due to stay in the country until Oct. 20, meeting government officials, opposition leaders and diplomats, UN sources said. --Reuters

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