Tuesday, September 22, 2009

News at Eleven: After serving nine years in Insein Prison,

Sagaing Division NLD member Monywa Aung Shin says he intends to keep following the NLD's policies.

A poet prosecuted under the Publishing Acts, he was released on September 18 after serving nine years and five months of a 21-year prison sentence.

Though he affirms he is happy to be released as part of the recent amnesty, he said he also wants to see political prisoners not part of the junta's amnesty freed.

from Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's pages: Amnestied NLD member reaffirms his faith in party
also Reporters Without Borders: Four journalists released under junta's amnesty

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