Buddhist Myanmar grants amnesty to local staff of UN agencies
2012-08-29 02:48:55 GMT2012-08-29
10:48:55
YANGON, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar President U Thein Sein has granted
amnesty to three staff of the United Nations agencies and an international
non-governmental organization, who were held for being involved in recent
Rakhine unrest, according to an order of the President's Office Wednesday.
The three staff, who were released, include U Khin Shwe from the World Food Program (WFP), U Khin Maung from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and Ma Cho Lay Mar from the CSSEP.
They were respectively sentenced to two, three and six years in prison for instigating unrest in Rakhine state, orally discrediting the government, illegally holding of foreign exchange and committing arson and storing fuel for such motive, the order said.
Myanmar government has rejected accusations by some individuals and organizations abroad over the recent Rakhine riot, clarifying that the incident is sectarian conflict which is purely internal affairs of a sovereign state and is not related to any kind of religious persecution or discrimination.
The government also rejected any attempt to politically regionalize or internationalize the conflict as a religious issue, the Myanmar Foreign Ministry said.
According to the ministry, 88 people were killed in the May- June riot in the western Myanmar state, of whom 31 were Rakhinese, 57 were Bengali Muslims.
Houses and religious buildings from both communities were burned down.
The ministry added that law and order in the Rakhine state is improving and overall situation in the state is now returning to normalcy.
But Many of politacians are just living in several jails in Myanmar.
The three staff, who were released, include U Khin Shwe from the World Food Program (WFP), U Khin Maung from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and Ma Cho Lay Mar from the CSSEP.
They were respectively sentenced to two, three and six years in prison for instigating unrest in Rakhine state, orally discrediting the government, illegally holding of foreign exchange and committing arson and storing fuel for such motive, the order said.
Myanmar government has rejected accusations by some individuals and organizations abroad over the recent Rakhine riot, clarifying that the incident is sectarian conflict which is purely internal affairs of a sovereign state and is not related to any kind of religious persecution or discrimination.
The government also rejected any attempt to politically regionalize or internationalize the conflict as a religious issue, the Myanmar Foreign Ministry said.
According to the ministry, 88 people were killed in the May- June riot in the western Myanmar state, of whom 31 were Rakhinese, 57 were Bengali Muslims.
Houses and religious buildings from both communities were burned down.
The ministry added that law and order in the Rakhine state is improving and overall situation in the state is now returning to normalcy.
But Many of politacians are just living in several jails in Myanmar.
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