YANGON: Myanmar's junta will release over 1,600 prisoners from jails across the country on Sunday to mark the Buddhist new year, it said, without specifying whether those being pardoned were protesters or common criminals.The Southeast Asian country has been in turmoil since the military's ouster of Aung San Suu Kyi's government last year, which sparked huge protests and a deadly crackdown.Some 1,619 prisoners, including 42 foreigners had been “pardoned” and will be released to mark the new year, according to an announcement carried by state TV Sunday morning.It remains unclear whether anti-junta protesters or journalists jailed covering the coup will be among those freed.There was also no m
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