The New Nation - Internet Edition

AP, Yangon

Myanmar's ruling military junta has freed 15 opposition party members who were detained last month for demanding the release of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, a party spokesman said Tuesday.

The release of the 15 members of Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy came the same day the U.N.'s human rights expert expressed concern about the arrest of a popular comedian who went to the Irrawaddy delta to donate relief items to survivors of last month's devastating cyclone.