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Authorities in Myanmar released the country's ousted president from prison on Friday, along with some 4,000 other people, as part of an amnesty to mark the traditional New Year festival.
Myanmar's former President Win Myint was freed Friday as part of a broad prisoner amnesty by newly inaugurated President Min Aung Hlaing to mark the traditional New Year, state-run media reported.
U Win Myint is a close ally of Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi, the country's civilian leader. Both were forced from power by the military in a 2021 coup and imprisoned.
Myanmar's state media says former President Win Myint has been freed in a prisoner amnesty to mark the new year.
Myanmar pardons former leader Win Myint, while lawyer for Aung San Suu Kyi says her jail sentence has been reduced.
More than 4,500 prisoners in Myanmar have been granted amnesty and others have had their sentences reduced under a pardon order by President Min Aung Hlaing to mark the traditional new year.
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