Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is moved from prison to house arrest, multiple outlets report. State media in Myanmar says the Nobel laureate, who is 80, is being transferred to a “designated residence,” where she will remain for the rest of her sentence, according to Radio Free Asia. SCMP also reports that she is placed under house arrest, noting that she has been detained by the military since the February 2021 coup that toppled the elected civilian government. Since the coup, her exact whereabouts have at times been unclear, amid fighting across the country. Myanmar has been in a deadly civil conflict following the coup, and the unrest has engulfed large parts of the impoverished Southeast Asian nation. Both accounts describe the move as a change in custody conditions rather than a release, and they link it to her ongoing detention under the junta’s rule following her conviction and imprisonment. The reports do not indicate any immediate change to her sentence length or legal status.
Aung San Suu Kyi moved from prison to house arrest, reports say
Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is moved from prison to house arrest, multiple outlets report. State media in Myanmar says the Nobel laureate, who is 80, is being transferred to a “d...
- Myanmar state media reports Aung San Suu Kyi is moved from prison to house arrest.
- Radio Free Asia reports she is sent to a “designated residence” for the remainder of her sentence.
- Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained since the February 2021 military coup.
- Both reports describe her transfer as ongoing custody under the junta, not a release.
- The reports are made amid a wider civil conflict that began after the 2021 coup.
Detained since Myanmar’s 2021 coup, junta sends her to a “designated residence” for the remainder of her sentence.
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