16 prisoners released from Sittway, Kyaukphyu prisons
A total of 16 male and female prisoners
from Sittway Prison and Kyaukphyu Prison were released under Order 10/2025 of
the National Defence and Security Council of the Republic of the Union of
Myanmar.
The National Defence and Security
Council released Pardon Order 10/2025 on 26 November, saying the special
emphasis is being put on the pathway to a multiparty democratic system that the
entire people desire, and objectives are also set to be able to implement with
public participation. The council has pardoned male and female prisoners, who
face punishment, from their respective prisons, jails and camps under Penal
Code Section 505-A according to the Code of Criminal Procedure Article 401 (1)
on condition that “they will have to serve the new punishment together with the
remaining punishment to which they were sentenced this time if more offence is
committed not to lose the right of every eligible person to be able to freely
and fairly cast vote in the forthcoming multiparty democracy general election.
Therefore, seven male prisoners and one
female prisoner from Sittway Prison, and five male prisoners and three female
prisoners from Kyaukphyu Prison were released.
They were welcomed by their families and
friends happily. — Tin Tun (IPRD)/KTZH
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