Two Reuters journalists whose arrests over 500 days ago sparked international condemnation of the Myanmar government were among some 6,520 inmates freed Tuesday under a presidential pardon.
May 7 (UPI) — Two Reuters journalists whose arrests over 500 days ago sparked international condemnation of the Myanmar government were among some 6,520 inmates freed Tuesday under a presidential pardon.
Prize-winning journalists Wa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Seo Oo, 29, were released from Yangon’s Insein Prison as part of the third and final round of presidential pardons in celebration of the Myanmar New Year, the country’s Frontier reported.
« I want to thank everyone who helped us in prison and also around the world people who wishing to release us, and so I would like to say thank you for everything, » Wa Lone told reporters following his release. « I am really happy and excited to see my family and my colleagues. I can’t wait to go to my newsroom.
