Suu Kyi supporters prepare for weekend release

Burma’s pro-junta political party secured a majority of seats in both houses of parliament as speculation mounted today that democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi would be freed from house arrest.

The partial batch of results, the latest official results from the country’s first election in 20 years, confirmed the victory of the Union Solidarity and Development Party in Sunday’s vote, which critics say was marked by fraud and engineered to sustain the military’s power.