13 February 2010 - 17H04  

Myanmar frees deputy leader of Suu Kyi party
National League for Democracy (NLD) vice chairman Tin Oo is surrounded by reporters in Yangon in 2002. Myanmar's ruling junta has released the elderly deputy leader of Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party after his house arrest expired following nearly seven years in detention, witnesses said.
National League for Democracy (NLD) vice chairman Tin Oo is surrounded by reporters in Yangon in 2002. Myanmar's ruling junta has released the elderly deputy leader of Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party after his house arrest expired following nearly seven years in detention, witnesses said.

AFP - Myanmar's ruling junta released the elderly deputy leader of Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party after his house arrest expired Saturday following nearly seven years in detention.

Tin Oo, 83, the vice chairman of the National League for Democracy, had been held without trial since 2003 when he and Suu Kyi were arrested after a pro-government mob attacked their motorcade during a political tour.

"The authorities informed me that they have withdrawn their restriction order," Tin Oo told reporters at his house in Yangon just minutes after police officers visited him to tell him the news.

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