April 17.
The military council of the coup today, April 17, on the 1st day of the Myanmar New Year, awarded the Union Sithu Thinggaha to 13 individuals, including military council member Dr. Hmuh Thang.
Dr. Hmuh Thang was a winning member of the parliament in Thantlang Township in the 1990 and 2015 elections, and participated in drafting the 2008 constitution and attended the national conference. Dr. Hmuh Thang is the chairman of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) in Chin State and was appointed as a member of the military council of the coup on February 17, 2023.
The military council of the coup announced that it had pardoned 4,893 prisoners/detainees from prisons across the country on April 17.
It is not yet known how many political prisoners/detainees are included in the military council’s amnesty.
