Narinjara, February 12, 2022

At least forty six members belonging to Arakan Army (AA) and its affiliates were released by the StateAdministration Council (SAC) on theoccasion of Union Day.

After the SAC secretary general Aung Lin Dwe signed the order, they werereleased on Saturday as a gesture from thegovernment.

SAC  chairman offered clemency  to 46 AA membersand its affiliates on the occasionof Union Day diamond jubilee celebrations held on 12 February 2022 and looked forward to a lasting peace in Myanmar.

Most of their cases were pending and now those are being closed under Article 419 of the Constitution, saidan authority statement.
Rakhine activists appreciated the initiative and remindedthat many more detainees inconnection with AA involvements are languishing in various prisons of Rakhine State and also in Rangoon andMandalay jails.

The incidents of fighting between the AA members and Burmesearmy personnel continue to takeplace in northern Maungdaw township (underRakhine State) resulting in heavy casualties for the militaries.

The political observers believe that the amnesty was grantedto AA members with the intentionto end the gun-fighting in the State.

Altogether 814 prisoners from various parts of Myanmar havebeen released by the authority onthe sacred occasion of 75th anniversary ofthe Union Day that falls on 12 February.