Myanmar frees 3073 political prisoners weeks before south-east Asia summit

By Lindsay Murdoch
Updated October 8 2014 - 1:28am, first published 12:22am

Myanmar has freed more than 3000 prisoners four weeks before a south-east Asia summit that will be attended by international and regional leaders including US President Barack Obama.

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