US urges Myanmar to release Suu Kyi
The United States yesterday urged military-run Myanmar to release democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners ahead of the junta's review of her detention this week.
Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, who was travelling in neighbouring Thailand, said the junta's detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners was "very damaging" to Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.
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