Jan 28, 2010
YANGON - MYANMAR'S detained pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday described as 'unfair' a minister's comment that she would be released in November as it pre-empted a court decision, her lawyer said.
Home Affairs Minister Maung Oo reportedly told a meeting of local officials in central Myanmar last week that the release of the 64-year-old, who has been in detention for 14 of the past 20 years, would come in November.
Ms Suu Kyi 'said the home affairs minister's comment was totally unfair,' her lawyer, Nyan Win, told AFP after meeting her on Thursday.
A decision is expected from Myanmar's top court within three weeks on an appeal against her conviction last August. The conviction related to an incident in which a US man swam to her house and led to her being sentenced to another 18 months under house arrest.
'She said the case has not reached the end yet. She said the court has the right to make its own decision. Saying this is hurting the court decision,' Mr Nyan Win said. -- AFP
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