Aung San Suu Kyi set free in Myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi walks free

Walking free for the first time since 2003, Ms. Suu Kyi covered the distance from her old lakeside bungalow to the gate to acknowledge the greetings of her supporters »
The 65-year-old Ms. Suu Kyi's release was greeted by cheering supporters who gathered outside her house in a show of defiance against Myanmar's military government. Hundreds of other supporters waited for her at the Yangon headquarters of the recently-derecognised National League for Democracy (NLD), which she still leads.
Ms. Suu Kyi was later quoted as having exhorted the people of Myanmar to act in “unison” to achieve genuine democracy. NLD sources could not be reached over the telephone, despite repeated calls, for ascertaining her exact message.