Myanmar pardons 23,047 prisoners, unclear if activists among them
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Prisoner releases customary during major holidays; this is second time the junta has pardoned prisoners after the latest coup
Myanmar s junta on Saturday announced it pardoned and released more than 23,000 prisoners to mark the new year holiday, but it wasn t immediately clear if they included pro-democracy activists who were detained in the wake of the February coup.
The release was announced on state broadcaster MRTV, which said that the military leader Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing pardoned the 23,047 prisoners, including 137 foreigners who will be deported from Myanmar. He also reduced sentences for others.
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