Nearly 5,000 prisoners released in regime amnesty for Myanmar New Year

The regime announced that it pardoned 4,893 prisoners on Thursday to commemorate the Myanmar New Year.

It added that a total of 13 foreign nationals were released and deported but their nationalities weren’t disclosed.

All the 4,893 prisoners were released in the amnesty on the condition that if they reoffend they will return to prison to serve the remainder of their original sentence and any additional sentence imposed by the court.