Duo’s death sentence commuted

Relieved: Zaw Tun (right) and Zaw Lin being escorted by officials after their guilty verdict at a court in Koh Samui. — AP

Two Myanmar migrant workers on death row for the brutal murder of a pair of British backpackers have had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment following a mass royal pardon.

The men’s lawyer Nadthasiri Bergman said the pardon decree –which was published Friday and applies to all inmates on death row – was “effective immediately”.