The UK's former ambassador to Myanmar Vicky Bowman, who was jailed for allegedly breaching immigration laws, has reportedly been released.
In September, Ms Bowman and her husband, Burmese artist Htein Lin, were sentenced to a year in prison for"failing to register as living at a different address" - a violation of the country's Immigration Act.
Ms Bowman was the British ambassador to Myanmar between 2002 and 2006 and has more than three decades' experience in the country., she was running an organisation that promotes ethical business practices in Myanmar. Media outlets in Myanmar claim Japanese filmmaker Toru Kubota and Australian economist Sean Turnell have also been released. There is no information about Ms Bowman's husband.in the country after being sentenced to three more years in prison for offences including alleged election fraud.
Ms Suu Kyi's party won the 2020 general election in a landslide victory, but the military seized power from the elected government on 1 February 2021, saying it acted because of alleged widespread voter fraud.
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