WASHINGTON, D.C.: The United States on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) called on Myanmar to immediately release democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi after signals that the junta could free her after planned elections are held.

The Nobel laureate’s party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), said that it had heard that the military regime was considering freeing her in November—meeting international demands for her release but only after the elections.

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