Myanmar releases 6,000 prisoners

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  • 17 November, 2022
  • 05:14
Myanmar releases 6,000 prisoners

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.

Report informs via Reuters that there are foreigners among those released, along with US citizen Kyaw Htay Oo and Japanese filmmaker Toru Kubota.