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Updated Friday, March 19, 2010 10:14 am TWN, AP

Junta frees Myanmar-American to deport him

YANGON, Myanmar -- A U.S. citizen accused of subversion was released from prison in his native Myanmar and deported Thursday after serving part of a three-year prison sentence.

The aunt of Kyaw Zaw Lwin, also known as Nyi Nyi Aung, said he was released after 6 1/2 months in prison and taken to Yangon's international airport to catch a flight to Thailand.

Khin Khin Swe said her nephew was accompanied to the airport by a U.S. consular official.

“ We can confirm that Kyaw Zaw Lwin has been released from prison and has left the country,” the U.S. Embassy said in a statement. “We welcome that development.”

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