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Naypyidaw, Nov 17 (Prensa Latina) The Myanmar military junta announced the release of over six thousand prisoners due to humanitarian reasons, including foreign citizens, according to the national press.
’88 student leader Ko Mya Aye, NLD spokesperson Dr. Myo Nyunt, writer Maung Tha Cho, monk Shwe Nyawa Sayadaw and ex-NLD minister U Kyaw Tint Swe were among those freed.
A former British envoy, an Australian economic adviser and a Japanese journalist left Myanmar Thursday as the junta released almost 6,000 prisoners, an AFP correspondent and diplomatic sources said.
The military’s amnesty is a calculated move to win bloc’s backing for elections next year.
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