Myanmar’s police force is working to drop charges against remaining political prisoners over the next several days under the direction of State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, a police official said Wednesday.
“There could be more than 100 charges that we will consider dropping,” officer Tun Min of the Myanmar Police Criminal Department told RFA’s Myanmar Service.
“The procedure for this is that police must request that judges at courts abolish the charges first,” he said. “Everything will be done in a short time after we have received orders from courts to drop the charges.”
Charges will be dropped against those prosecuted under Articles 505(b) and 143 of the country’s penal code, as well as Article 18 of the country’s Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law, Tun Min said. (Courtesy of RFA)
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