Myanmar military hands over 67 child soldiers to families

YANGON, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar military has handed over 67 under-aged child soldiers to their families in Yangon,the Defense Services office said Saturday.

Along with their national ID cards, the 67 child soldiers aged between 10 and 18 were allowed to return to their families at a ceremony on Friday, the office said in a press release.

This was the 14th time that child soldiers were discharged since 2012, bringing the total to 877 of those handed back by the military so far.