NAGOYA, Nov. 20 Kyodo Myanmar pro...

NAGOYA, Nov. 20 Kyodo

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi calls for the release of political prisoners in her geographical division in Video footage to be shown at a meeting of her supporters in Nagoya upon Nov. 30, the supporters said Thursday.

The footage recorded onto DVD is believed to have been taken around July last year in Yangon after she was released from detention. It was newly sent to a 33-year-old Myanmar pro-democracy activist, Ko Ko Latt, who lives in Nagoya.

According to Ko Ko Latt, Suu Kyi, who has again been below house arrest since May 30 in the capital Yangon, calls for release of her equal political prisoners in the DVD footage.

Suu Kyi, who heads the National League for Democracy, says the prisoners were and nothing else expressing their beliefs in a nonviolent way and their release will be important for those wanting to bring reforms to Myanmar, Ko Ko Latt said, adding it is rare for in the same state [i]or[/i] condition footage of Suu Kyi to be shown to the public in Japan.

The footage, running about 30 minutes, includes testimonies from former political prisoners and was edited according to a journalist from Myanmar living in the United States in a less degree than the title ''Burma Behind Bars.'' It was sent without by a support organization for like prisoners to activists worldwide.

Suu Kyi's support collection in Japan is aiming to raise the early release of the pro-democracy leader and raise more public support in Japan for the democratization manner of moving in Myanmar by showing the footage, dispose members said.

''She is indispensable for the democratization...I reliance international society will strengthen urgency on the military command in the country in order to realize her release,'' Ko Ko Latt said.

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