Yangon, Oct 18 (TIWN) The State Administration Council of Myanmar on Monday remitted the sentences of 1,316 prisoners.

As many as 1,316 prisoners are remitted sentences on humanitarian grounds and cases were closed against 4,320 people who are still being prosecuted in various courts in the country, Xinhua reported citing an official order.

In his message to the public on Monday, Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Sen-Gen Min Aung Hlaing said that implementation is being done with the aim of bringing prosperity to the country and establishing a democratic federal union. Aung Hlaing also stressed that discussions are being made as the requests are changed, regarding the visit of the ASEAN special envoy to Myanmar. This comes a few days after Myanmar's military junta had said that it was 'extremely disappointed' over its leader Min Aung Hlaing's exclusion from the upcoming ASEAN summit.