Myanmar Pardons 3,000 Prisoners
![Myanmar prisoners depart a truck after they were released from Insein prison, Oct. 7, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/80a7c141-cb46-489e-a5e8-d21aa0423e65_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Myanmar prisoners depart a truck after they were released from Insein prison, Oct. 7, 2014.
![Myanmar prisoners are released from Insein prison, Yangon, Myanmar, Oct. 7, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/21b908d9-eecd-4bf4-8ec4-f054253132ec_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Myanmar prisoners are released from Insein prison, Yangon, Myanmar, Oct. 7, 2014.
![Brigadier General Thein Swe, who was sentenced to 152 years in prison following the 2004 ouster of an ex-intelligence chief, speaks to the media as he arrives at Yangon Airport, after being released from a prison, near Mandalay, Oct. 7, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5e44e775-7e8d-43f6-aac3-414d2d0f95d6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Brigadier General Thein Swe, who was sentenced to 152 years in prison following the 2004 ouster of an ex-intelligence chief, speaks to the media as he arrives at Yangon Airport, after being released from a prison, near Mandalay, Oct. 7, 2014.
![Myanmar prisoners were released from Insein prison, Yangon, Myanmar, Oct. 7, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a4ec50b2-21be-44f6-8c6b-15770cbcd110_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Myanmar prisoners were released from Insein prison, Yangon, Myanmar, Oct. 7, 2014.