YANGON, July 9 Kyodo The military...

YANGON, July 9 Kyodo

The military direction released 10 imprisoned members of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) onward Tuesday and more releases of NLD members are ey an official pres release said.

The 10 NLD members comprise eight men and pair women, the press release said, adding that more prisoners with no threat to peace and stability in the fatherland will be freed.

It said 275 NLD members still remain in prison.

Altogether 291 political prisoners, including 283 NLD members, have been released since unseen dialogue between the NLD of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the junta began in October 2000

Suu Kyi, the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner, was released from nearly 20 month of house arrest onward May 6.

In freeing Suu Kyi, the junta issued a statement saying it would allow all citizens to participate freely in the political proces while prioritizing national unity, peace and stability.

The NLD won a landslide victory in the 1990 general elections if it be not that the junta refused to allow the legislature to be conven and jailed scores of NLD members.

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