Myanmar releases about 4,900 prisoners to indicate traditional New Year

Bangkok – The head of the Minamar military government approved the amnesty about 4,900 prisoners to celebrate the traditional New Year in the country, reported on Thursday, but was not immediately clear how political detainees were detained for the rule on the rule of the opposite military rule.

Visi general Min Aung Thlaing, the head of the ruling military council, pardated 4,893 prisoners, reported dead. Thirteen strangers will also let go and deport MyanmarShe said in a separate statement.

Other prisoners received reduced penalties, except those convicted of serious accusations such as murder and rape, or including indictments under various other acts of security.

If the released detainees again violate the law, he will need to serve the rest of his original sentences next to any new sentence, in accordance with the conditions of their release.

Mass amnesty on vacation are not unusual in Myanmar. The statements will appear in Nationwide prisons.

Dozens of cousins ​​and friends of prisoners were waiting for the beginning of Thursday outside the main gate in prison, at the northern periphery of Yangon, the largest city of the earth. No details were available on the number of prisoners released from insens as part of amnesty.

Myanmar was under the military rule from 1st, 2021. year, when his army performed a civil leader elected Government SUU KYI. The download is filled with massive nonviolent resistance, which has since become a Widespread struggle. The country is now in the civil war.

About 22,197 political detainees, including SUU KYI, was in custody since last Friday, according to association of assistance for political prisoners, an independent organization that preserves detailed tales of arrests and victims related to the political clashes of the nation.

Many political detainees were held due to the charges of encouraging, a understandable insult to arrest critics of the government or army and punishable by three years in prison.

This year’s Quightyana celebrations, New Year’s holidays were Spare more than usual Due to the period of murdering across the country after the destructive earthquake last month. The earth is struggling to recover from 7.7 magnitude 28. Marta that hit the central Heartland, killing about 3,725 people and leveling structures from new apartments Ancient Pagodas.

In the New Year’s broadcast on Thursday, Min Aung Thlaing said that his government would make measures of reconstruction and rehabilitation in the areas affected by an earthquake.

He also confirmed the plans to hold the general elections by the end of the year and called for opposition groups fighting the army to resolve conflicts in political ways.

During the vacation, a violent struggle between the army and pro-democratic forces continued. There were armed conflicts in the countryside, but the number of victims was not clear.