Magway, which is included in the military council’s amnesty list, but a former political prisoner said that about 80 Rohingya have not yet been released from Thayet prison, which is in Magway Region.
On August 1st, the military council announced that more than 7,000 prisoners in various prisons would be released with a reduced sentence.
The release list of Thayet prison included 129 prisoners, including 80 Rohingya. However, only 49 prisoners have been released, and the Rohingya have not yet been released, he said.
Among the Rohingya are 77 men and 3 women. Nearly 200 Rohingya who fled from Rohingya refugee camps on the border of Rakhine state were imprisoned in Thayet prison under Article 13(1) of illegal border crossing.
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