Myanmar frees former UK ambassador amid mass prisoner release
State media says foreign nationals and 712 ‘political prisoners’ among 5,774 to be freed in so-called amnesty
Almost 6,000 people will be released from prison in Myanmar, including the Australian academic Prof Sean Turnell, Britain’s former ambassador Vicky Bowman and the Japanese film-maker Toru Kubota, junta-controlled media has said.
On Thursday, Myanmar’s state-run MRTV said that the foreign nationals, as well as a Burmese-American citizen, had been released and deported in a so-called amnesty timed to coincide with Myanmar National Day.
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