News Forum - Burmese junta to release former UK ambassador, Australian economist, and Japanese journalist

[Thaiger]

The Burmese junta is set to release a former UK ambassador, an Australian economist, and a Japanese journalist who have been detained in Myanmar.  The three are being released under amnesty which includes over 6,000 other prisoners.  Former UK ambassador Vicky Bowman was arrested with her husband on August 24, and the two were sentenced to a year in prison. Reuters reported that Bowman’s husband, artist Htein Lin, would also be released in the amnesty. Bowman is the director of the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business. She served as the UK’s ambassador to Myanmar from 2002-2006. Htein Lin is a Burmese […]

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[Soidog]

Jolly decent of them! 

[Faraday]

Some good news from Myanmar. How refreshing. 

[HiuMak]

Its their lucky day