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.
Suu Kyi "said the home affairs minister`s comment was
totally unfair," her lawyer, Nyan Win, told AFP after meeting
her today.
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," Nyan Win said.
PTI
