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China grants amnesty to 31,527 prisoners

Xinhua, January 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

A total of 31,527 prisoners, most of whom were juveniles when they committed crimes, have been released in an amnesty deal, according to an official statement on Monday.

The deal, decided on last year by the top legislature and signed by President Xi Jinping, was adopted to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.

The work had been completed by the end of last year as scheduled. Endi