Myanmar's military government released the deputy leader of the main opposition party, who was detained more than eight months ago with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, family members said Sunday. Tin Oo, 77, vice chairman of the National League for Democracy Party, was freed late Saturday from Kale prison in the country's north, family members said on condition of anonymity. He had been held by the government since a bloody May 30 clash between opposition activists and a pro-junta mob.
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A guard outside his house in Yangon said early Sunday that only close family members were allowed to visit. Tin Oo was detained along with Suu Kyi and scores of other party members at the Kale prison, known for its harsh conditions, some 435 miles north of Yangon. Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace prize laureate, remains under house arrest along with NLD Chairman Aung Shwe and party secretary Lwin. |