Myanmar to free Australian Sean Turnell and Briton Vicky Bowman amid prisoner release
State media says almost 6,000 people will be released from prison, including four foreigners who had been held for months
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State media says almost 6,000 people will be released from prison, including four foreigners who had been held for months
(Reuters) -Myanmar's military leaders have released Sean Turnell, an Australian economist and former adviser to democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, and almost 6,000 others from prison under an amnesty, state media reported on Thursday.
The Myanmar junta this morning released 5,774 prisoners including four foreigners from prison under an amnesty, according to junta-run state media and local news outlets.
A former British ambassador, an Australian economist and a Japanese journalist are reportedly set to be released by Myanmar's ruling military junta under an amnesty -- along with more than
Myanmar’s military-controlled government says it is releasing and deporting an Australian academic, a Japanese filmmaker, an ex-British diplomat and an American as part of a broad prisoner amnesty to mark the country’s National Victory Day