Burma to free 11,000 prisoners | Bangkok Post: breakingnews

Burma's military regime plans to release about 11,000 prisoners ahead of November elections, enabling them to vote in the rare polls, officials said Sunday.

Burma soldiers take part in a military parade in March 2010. Burma's military regime plans to release about 11,000 prisoners ahead of November elections, enabling them to vote in the rare polls, officials said Sunday.

"We have plans to release some prisoners who are soon to complete their sentence," an official said on condition of anonymity. "We will reduce their sentence and release them in the coming days so that they can vote on the election day."