Myanmar New Year: Military council grants amnesty to 3015 prisoners with 98 foreigners

Narinjara News, 17 April 2023

On the first day of  Myanmar New Year (on 17 April), the military council has released 3015 Myanmar prisoners along with  98 foreigners, who were serving imprisonment  in various jails of the southeast Asian country.

Secretary of the military council, Lt. Gen. Aung Lin Dway issued the amnesty order for the prisoners (under section 401 of the criminal laws).

According to the sub-section (1), if they commit the crime again, they will continue to serve the remaining punishments to be served in addition to the new one.

Thier punishments were reduced and so they were released under the specific law.

Similar laws were applied to the imprisoned foreigners (five among them are Sri Lankan citizens).

It is not yet clear how many Burmese political prisoners were released in the Junta happy new year’s amnesty.