What will Suu Kyi's political future be?
Aung San Suu Kyi's party won the only free election ever held in Burma in 1990.
The Army overturned the result and she has spent most of the years since under house arrest becoming a living symbol of the country's struggle against military oppression.
But if she is released, can she live up to her supporters' expectations of her?
Bridget Kendall reports.