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Myanmar pardons about 6,000 prisoners to mark Independence Day

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STORY: Myanmar pardons about 6,000 prisoners to mark Independence Day
SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 4, 2025
DATELINE: Jan. 5, 2025
LENGTH: 0:01:56
LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

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1. various of people waiting for released prisoners outside the Insein Prison in Yangon
2. various of buses carrying released prisoners outside the Insein Prison in Yangon

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Myanmar's State Administration Council on Saturday pardoned approximately 6,000 prisoners to mark the country's 77th Independence Day anniversary, according to the council's orders.

The pardoned prisoners included 5,864 from Myanmar and 180 from other countries, the orders said. The council also reduced some prisoners' sentences, it added.

Last year, more than 9,000 prisoners were granted amnesty on the country's 76th Independence Day anniversary.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Yangon, Myanmar.
(XHTV)

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