Myanmar military releases hardline monk Wirathu -media

FILE PHOTO: Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu speaks during a news conference in Colombo September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/File Photo

(Reuters) - Myanmar's military authorities have freed from jail a nationalist Buddhist monk, Ashin Wirathu, after dropping sedition charges filed during the rule of the ousted government of Aung San Suu Kyi, media said.

Known for his outbursts against minority Muslims, particularly the Rohingya community, the monk was also critical of Suu Kyi's civilian government and supportive of Myanmar's powerful military that ousted it in a coup in February.