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Burma may release Aung San Suu Kyi

Summary

25 January 2010

Reports from Burma suggest the military government may be planning to release the pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, later this year. Sources report a Burmese official said that Ms Suu Kyi would be freed in November.

Reporter:

Rachel Harvey

Report

Burmese officials have hinted many times that Aung San Suu Kyi may be released. But it's the first time in recent months that a putative¹ date has been attached to the idea.

The comments are reported to have been made by a senior minister at a provincial² town meeting four days ago. It's a measure of how tightly information is controlled in Burma that it's taken this long for the reports to filter out.

Aung San Suu Kyi's own lawyer told the BBC he'd heard the rumour³ but could not confirm it. And if indeed she is released in November, key questions about the terms of Aung San Suu Kyi's possible freedom remain. Would there be conditions attached? Would her activities be restricted? And, crucially, would her release come before or after planned elections?

There is also the matter of the legal appeal against Aung San Suu Kyi's current detention⁴. The Supreme⁵ Court is due to deliver its verdict in the next couple of weeks. But if the military government says she'll continue to be detained until at least November, the court's decision has been somewhat undermined.

Rachel Harvey, BBC Southeast Asia correspondent, Bangkok

1 putative   

adj.假定的

参考例句：

• There have been many attempts to track down the putative Loch Ness monster.人们为追踪假定存在的尼斯湖水怪做了许多努力。
• He is the putative father of this child.他是这孩子的推定的父亲。

2 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

3 rumour   

n.谣言，谣传，传闻

参考例句：

• I should like to know who put that rumour about.我想知道是谁散布了那谣言。
• There has been a rumour mill on him for years.几年来，一直有谣言产生，对他进行中伤。

4 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

5 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。