Yangon: Myanmar`s outgoing administration of President Thein Sein will free about 15 political prisoners on Friday, and may release scores more, an official from the President`s Office and activists from Assistance Association for Political Prisoners told Reuters.
The release comes days before Aung San Suu Kyi`s National League for Democracy (NLD) is due to form the government following its landslide victory in the Nov.8 election and an appeal by the United States to release political prisoners.
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