Six Bangladeshi fishermen to be pardoned, deported

January 12, 2017

Six imprisoned Bangladeshi fishermen were granted a pardon by the President on Wednesday and will be expelled from Myanmar, according to the President’s Office.

The six fishermen from Teknaf, Bangladesh, were arrested on 9 November last year while they were catching fish in Myanmar’s territorial waters.

They were serving jail terms at Buthidaung Prison when they were granted a presi dential pardon in accordance with the Article 401 (1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

The officials of the prison handed over the six fishermen to the Buthitaung Township Immigration and Population Department for further procedures to expel them.

Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar