Myanmar: Freeing of Chinese Loggers Riles Myanmar Citizens

Jul 31, 2015 | Tim McLaughlin and Hnin Yadana Zaw. Reuters
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Myanmar's newspapers and social media users reacted with anger and disappointment on Friday to the government's decision to include 155 Chinese in a mass amnesty, just eight days after they were jailed for illegal logging. News journals slammed the freeing of the loggers, 153 of whom had been sentenced to life imprisonment, while Internet and social media users vented frustration over what they saw as the government caving in to pressure from its massive neighbor.