Myanmar's release of nearly 4,000 prisoners sparked faint hopes yesterday for political detainees including pro-democracy figures, but one observer warned it was aimed at easing international criticism over last month's power struggle.
The country's military government announced late Thursday it ordered the release of 3,937 prisoners who may have been wrongly imprisoned by a recently disbanded military intelligence unit.
State radio said the detainees were being freed from jails throughout the country, but its provision of few other details and no mention of who the prisoners were has left observers including diplomats guessing as to the junta's motives for the largest mass release in years.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/11/20/2003211810Why don't the Repukes invade and butcher Myanmar?
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