Myanmar's military government has freed hundreds of political prisoners, local media reports.
Myanmar's military government has freed hundreds of political prisoners from the notorious Insein prison, including a famous comedian and the party spokesman for ousted leaderMinutes after a speech on Monday by Min Aung Hlaing, who took power in the Southeast Asian nation in a, state television announced that more than 5,600 people arrested or wanted over their roles in anti-coup protests would be freed in an amnesty on humanitarian grounds.
"The junta is releasing political prisoners in Myanmar not because of a change of heart, but because of pressure," he said.since the coup. "They came to me today and said they will take me home, that's all," Monywa Aung Shin, a spokesman for Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party, told local media Democratic Voice of Burma late on Monday on his way home from prison.Photos and videos posted on social media showed detainees reunited with weeping family members.
Myanmar's prison department spokesman and junta spokesman were not immediately available for comment.
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