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YANGON, Myanmar, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's pro-democracy leader, will be released in November when her house arrest sentence ends, a minister said.
Home Minister Maj. Gen. Muang Oo announced her release date during a meeting Thursday of government officials, CNN reported Monday.
Myanmar government officials also said Tin Oo, vice chairman of Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party, will be released Feb. 13 at the end of his six-year term.
Suu Kyi was sentenced to 18 additional months of house arrest in May after U.S. citizen John Yettaw trespassed on her property, leading to her trial on charges of subversion and violating terms of her house arrest.
Suu Kyi has appealed her sentence to Myanmar's Supreme Court in Yangon. CNN reported the court would decide within a month whether to proceed with the case.
The military junta has kept the Nobel Peace Prize winner under house arrest for about 14 of the past 20 years. The junta has ruled Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, since 1962.
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