YANGON, April 17 — Myanmar's State Administration Council pardoned over 4,900 prisoners in an amnesty today, the first day of the Burmese New Year, Xinhua reported.

WASHINGTON, Jan 22 — Hundreds of Donald Trump supporters who had been serving prison sentences for participating in the January 6, 2021, attack on the United States (US) Capitol were freed on Tuesday, after the new president pardoned more than 1,500 people, including some who assaulted police officers.

WASHINGTON, Jan 21 — President Donald Trump yesterday pardoned nearly everyone criminally charged with participating in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, in a show of solidarity with supporters who stormed the seat of American power in his name.