[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. The comments are reported to have been made by a senior minister
[00:10.65]
[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.

Burmese officials have hinted many times
that Aung San Suu Kyi may be released.
But it's the first time in recent months
that a putative date has been attached to the idea. The comments are reported to have been made by a senior minister
at a provincial town meeting four days ago.
It's a measure of how tightly information is controlled in Burma
that it's taken this long for the reports to filter out.
Aung San Suu Kyi's own lawyer
told the BBC he'd heard the rumour
but could not confirm it.
And if indeed she is released in November,
key questions about the terms
of Aung San Suu Kyi's possible freedom remain.
Would there be conditions attached?
Would her activities be restricted?
And, crucially, would her release come before
or after planned elections?
There is also the matter of the legal appeal
against Aung San Suu Kyi's current detention.
The Supreme Court is due to deliver its verdict
in the next couple of weeks.
But if the military government says
she'll continue to be detained
until at least November,
the court's decision has been somewhat undermined.