Junta Begins Releasing Thousands of Detainees
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From Times Wire Reports
Myanmar’s military government began releasing nearly 4,000 prisoners whose detentions were ruled improper, state-run radio and television said. But there were no indications that Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was among them.
The reports said Myanmar’s ruling junta ordered the release of prisoners who had been wrongly charged by the former National Intelligence Bureau, an umbrella organization of internal security organizations that was dissolved last month.
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