Myanmar to free Suu Kyi adviser, ex-envoy

By Agence France-Presse

Nov 18, 2022 12:08 am

(UPDATED) YANGON, Myanmar: Myanmar's military said on Thursday it would release almost 6,000 prisoners, including a former British ambassador, a Japanese journalist and an Australian economics adviser who will be deported, in a rare olive branch from the isolated junta.

The Southeast Asian country has been in turmoil since the military ousted the elected government of Aung Sang Suu Kyi in a coup on Feb. 1, 2021, and a bloody crackdown on dissent that has seen thousands jailed.

RELEASE ME Prison security officials prepare for the release of nearly 6,000 inmates — including a British ex-diplomat and a former adviser to ousted leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi — outside Insein prison in Yangon on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. AFP PHOTO

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