Myanmar's military government is granting a mass amnesty on Independence Day, releasing approximately 6,000 prisoners. This includes 180 foreign nationals who will be deported.
Myanmar ’s military government will release about 6,000 prisoners and has reduced other inmates’ sentences as part of a mass amnesty on Saturday marking the 77th anniversary of independence from Britain. There was no sign that the prisoner release would include Aung San Suu Kyi, 79, who has been held virtually incommunicado by the military since her elected government was overthrown in 2021.
She is serving a 27-year sentence after being convicted of a series of politically tinged prosecutions brought by the military. Nor was it immediately clear if those released would include any of the thousands of political detainees locked up for opposing army rule since the military coup. State-run MRTV television reported that Sr Gen Min Aung Hlaing, the head of the military government, granted amnesties covering 5,864 prisoners from Myanmar, as well as 180 foreigners who will be deported, according to the Associated Press.The foreigners to be released could include four Thai fishers who were arrested by Myanmar’s navy in late November after patrol boats opened fire on Thai fishing vessels in waters close to their maritime border in the Andaman Sea. Thailand’s prime minister, The terms of release warn that if the freed detainees violate the law again, they will have to serve the remainder of their original sentences in addition to any new sentence.Mass prisoner releases are common on holidays and other significant occasions in Myanmar. Last year the junta announced the release of more than 9,000 prisoners to mark independence day. In a separate report, MRTV said Min Aung Hlaing had commuted the life sentences of 144 prisoners to 15 years’ imprisonment. The report provided no details about the
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