A total of 412 prisoners were released from various prisons in Mon State under a pardon from the chairman of the State Administration Council, according to Order No.1/2023 released by the SAC on January 4. Among them, 52 prisoners were sentenced under Section 505 according to sources close to their families.
From Kyaikmaraw prison, 74 males and 22 females, from Mawlamyine prison, 31 males and 34 females, from Thahton prison, 104 males, from Ingabo labour camp, 13 males, from Taungsun labour camp, 14 males, from Zinkyaik labour camp, 10 males, from Yinnyein labour camp, 22 males, from Inbyaung and Malarphoo labour camp, 29 males, from Motpalin prison, 30 males and 29 females totaling 412 were released.
From Kyaikmaraw prison, 19 males and 14 females sentenced under Section 505 were granted pardon. From Thahton prison, 19 prisoners sentenced under Section 505 were granted pardon according to sources close to prison.
The SAC chairman pardoned the prisoners serving their jail terms in their respective prisons across the country with the aim of commemorating the Diamond Jubilee Independence Day which falls on January 4, 2023, showing compassion on social grounds, and convincing the people of the State goodwill and loving-kindness, the order says.
