Vicky Bowman, former British ambassador to Myanmar, is among the nearly 6000 people who will be released from prison by the military junta, it was announced.Australian academic Sean Turnell and Japanese filmmaker Toru Kubota too shall be released after months in a Myanmar prison.On Thursday, when the country celebrated its National Day, the local state-run television MRTV announced that the junta had finalised a list of some 6000 prisoners 5,774 men and 676 women who will be granted amnesty on humanitarian grounds.
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