Former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, imprisoned since a 2021 military coup that overthrew her democratically elected government, will serve the remainder of her prison sentence under house arrest, media reported today.
The now 80-year-old winner of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize was sentenced to a total of 33 years in prison on charges ranging from corruption and electoral fraud to violating state secrets.
Her allies denounce the trials as politically motivated and aimed at silencing her.
Her sentence was then commuted to 27 years in prison, then reduced by a sixth twice, in mid-April and again today, under amnesty laws.
"The remaining sentence has been commuted to house arrest," state broadcaster MRTV reported.
The son of former leader Kim Aris said he is worried about his mother's health: "I still don't know where she is. I don't know how she is. I'm still deeply worried about whether she is still alive."
State media has published the first photo of Aung San Suu Kyi in several years, sitting on a wooden bench, surrounded by two people in uniform.
The daughter of General Aung San, a former hero of Myanmar's independence struggle, was already under house arrest for 15 years under previous military regimes.
The current junta chief, now President Min Aung Hlaing, is under intense international pressure to release political prisoners, particularly from ASEAN, the Southeast Asian bloc, with which he is seeking to re-establish dialogue.
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