Burma to free 4,000 prisoners

BURMA’S ruling military junta yesterday began releasing almost 4,000 prisoners whose detentions were ruled irrelevant or improper.

There was no indication that any political prisoners would be among those freed.

Burma is estimated to be holding more than 1,200 political prisoners, many of them associated with Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party.