The regime in Naypyidaw announced today that it has pardoned and released 6,044 prisoners, including 180 foreigners, held at prisons nationwide in an amnesty to commemorate Myanmar’s 77th Independence Day on Jan. 4. The foreigners are to be deported immediately.
“Among those released today, there were over 1,000 [freed] from Insein Prison. I heard that people imprisoned for political reasons [were also included in the amnesty],” a source close to the regime Prisons Department told DVB on the condition of anonymity.
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