New Delhi (Mizzima) – After Burma’s Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin told the UN General Assembly that an unspecified number of prisoners will be released soon, political parties are expressing hope that political prisoners will be included in the release. Burmese Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin, wearing traditional dress, addresses the 66th general assembly of the United Nations in New York on Tuesday. Photo: AFP At the 66th session of the U.N. General Assembly held in New York, Wunna Maung Lwin said that an amnesty would be granted soon. Ohn Kyaing, the spokesman for the National League for Democracy (NLD), the leading opposition group, said, “I hope [political prisoners] will also be offered [the amnesty]. According to people who recently met with [political] prisoners, we have been encouraged. “We heard that [authorities] asked [political prisoners] for a brief biography.” he said. When the new government came into office, hopes were high that all political prisoners would be