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| [00:00.00] | Burmese officials have hinted many times |
| [00:03.13] | that Aung San Suu Kyi may be released. |
| [00:05.24] | But it's the first time in recent months |
| [00:07.73] | that a putative date has been attached to the idea. |
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| [00:14.01] | at a provincial town meeting four days ago. |
| [00:16.56] | It's a measure of how tightly information is controlled in Burma |
| [00:20.36] | that it's taken this long for the reports to filter out. |
| [00:23.40] | Aung San Suu Kyi's own lawyer |
| [00:25.52] | told the BBC he'd heard the rumour |
| [00:27.39] | but could not confirm it. |
| [00:29.19] | And if indeed she is released in November, |
| [00:31.80] | key questions about the terms |
| [00:33.85] | of Aung San Suu Kyi's possible freedom remain. |
| [00:36.34] | Would there be conditions attached? |
| [00:38.83] | Would her activities be restricted? |
| [00:40.76] | And, crucially, would her release come before |
| [00:43.93] | or after planned elections? |
| [00:46.36] | There is also the matter of the legal appeal |
| [00:49.09] | against Aung San Suu Kyi's current detention. |
| [00:51.52] | The Supreme Court is due to deliver its verdict |
| [00:54.63] | in the next couple of weeks. |
| [00:55.87] | But if the military government says |
| [00:58.05] | she'll continue to be detained |
| [00:59.48] | until at least November, |
| [01:01.10] | the court's decision has been somewhat undermined. |