Theformer Rakhine State minister for agriculture, forestry and minerals(under the National League forDemocracy government), U Kyaw Lwin has been released from Sittwe prisonafter his jail term was completed.

KyawLwin was released on Friday, informing U Myat Tun of Rakhine Human RightsPromotion and Defender, while talking to Narinjara News.

Hailingfrom Rambree area of Kyauk Phyu district, Kyaw Lwin was arrested along withfive other Rakhine ministers (all were associated with the Daw Aung San Suu Kyiled NLD government in Arakan State) and later charged under section 55 of theAnti-Corruption Act.

On19 January, he was sentenced to three years in prison by the Sittwe specialcourt and thus his jail term was over on 20 October. Kyaw Lwin was sent formedical examinations in Yangon.

Other Rakhine arrestess namely U Nyi Pu (former Rakhine PrimeMinister),  U AungKyaw Zan (former State minister  for electricity, industry andtransportation), U Kyaw Aye Thein (former minister for planning &economy) and U Min Aung (former minister for municipality) were sentencedwith a long prison term. Currently, Nyi Pu has been shifted from Sittwe jail toInsein prison in Yangon.

Themilitary council argued that all of them were sentenced to long-term prisonterms as they were involved with massive corruption and also in tempering oftenders for Gwa township development projects.