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.