Aung San Suu Kyi surrounded by two people in uniform, Photo: Screenshot/Youtube
Former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, imprisoned since the military coup in 2021 that overthrew her democratically elected government, will serve the remainder of her prison sentence under house arrest, the 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 election fraud to breaching state secrets.
Her allies denounce the trials as politically motivated and aimed at silencing her.
Her sentence was later commuted to 27 years in prison, then reduced by a sixth twice, in mid-April and again today, under amnesty laws.
“The remaining sentence was changed to house arrest,” state broadcaster MRTV reported.
The son of former leader Kim Aris said he was worried about his mother’s health: “I still don’t know where she is. I don’t know how she is. I am still deeply worried if she is still alive.”
The state media published the first photo of Aung San Suu Kyi after 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, had already been under house arrest for 15 years under previous military regimes.
The current head of the junta, now President Min Aung Hlaing, is under intense international pressure to release political prisoners, especially from ASEAN, the Southeast Asian bloc, with which he is seeking to re-establish dialogue.
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