2 months ago
Korea Times
Relatives gather around a bus carrying prisoners being released outside the Insein prison in Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday. AFP-YonhapA former British envoy, an Australian economic adviser and a Japanese journalist left Myanmar Thursday as the junta released almost 6,000 prisoners, an AFP correspondent and diplomatic sources said. The Southeast Asian country has been in turmoil since the military's coup last year and a bloody crackdown on dissent during which thousands have been jailed. Australian economics adviser Sean Turnell and Japanese journalist Toru Kubota were on the same flight, diplomatic sources told AFP. Altogether, 5,774 prisoners will be released, "including some 600 women," the junta said in a statement.
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