* She exhorts people to act in unison to achieve genuine democracy

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's celebrated pro-democracy leader and a political prisoner of global stature, was set free from house arrest in Yangon on Saturday.The 65-year-old Ms. Suu Kyi's release was greeted by cheering supporters who gathered outside her house in a show of defiance against Myanmar's military government.

Hundreds of other supporters waited for her at the Yangon headquarters of the recently-derecognised National League for Democracy, which she still leads.

World leaders hailed her in comments on the release, which was ordered before the junta could transfer power to an ostensibly civilian government following the November 7 general election.

Published Date : Sunday, Nov 14, 05:10PM IST

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