NEW : Just since 1996 , she said , government troops have burned down 4,000 Karen villages . Myanmar plans to release 6,300 prisoners starting 63 years , state television reports . If the cease-fire holds , it will end Friday of bloody conflict . Burma has historically accused the Karen of waging attacks to destabilize the military junta . Aung San Suu Kyi activists said it was too early to gauge whether peace would hold .
NEW : Myanmar plans to release 6,300 prisoners starting 63 years , state television reports . If the cease-fire holds , it will end Friday of bloody conflict . Burma has historically accused the Karen of waging attacks to destabilize the military junta . Aung San Suu Kyi activists said it was too early to gauge whether peace would hold .