Share:Yangon - Myanmar’s junta on Saturday announced an amnesty for more than 800 prisoners, as it held a parade and show of force in the capital to mark the country’s Union Day. Those given amnesty will be mostly from prisons in commercial hub Yangon, junta spokesperson Zaw Min Tun told AFP. The junta marked Union Day with a show of force in the military-built capital Naypyidaw. The Karen National Union, whose fighters have clashed repeatedly with junta troops in the east, said it would not attend talks. “It’s pretty absurd that on the 75th anniversary of Union Day the country is more divided than at any point in its history.”

Source: The Nation February 13, 2022 08:34 UTC