 |
 |
MINISTRY
OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
NAY PYI TAW
THE UNION OF MYANMAR
NAY PYI TAW
THE UNION OF MYANMAR
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
MINISTRY
OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
NAY PYI TAW THE UNION OF MYANMAR |
|||||
|
|
||||
|
Order issued
for US citizen Mr John William Yettaw serving seven-year
prison term to serve only half of his prison term, remaining prison term to be suspended and to be deported |
||||||
|
YANGON, 16 Aug - At the request
of Mr Jim Webb, Chairman of the East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee
of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and the American Embassy
to Myanmar, an order was issued for US citizen Mr John William Yettaw,
who was serving a seven-year prison term, to serve only half of his prison
term and the remaining prison term to be suspended and to be deported
on humanitarian grounds for his health and future and as a gesture of
taking heed of relations between the US and Myanmar. Mr John William Yettaw
left here by air this afternoon together with Senator Mr Jim Webb.
|
||||||
| (Source: The New Light of Myanmar dated 17 August 2009) | ||||||
|
Copyright
© 2009 - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Myanmar. All rights reserved.
|
||||||