Myanmar ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi moved to house arrest, military says
Summary
Myanmar's military has moved former leader and Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi to house arrest from her previous detention. She has been held since a 2021 military coup removed her from power and was sentenced to many years in prison on charges her supporters say are politically motivated.Key Facts
- Aung San Suu Kyi is 80 years old and was detained after the Myanmar military seized power in 2021.
- The military leader Min Aung Hlaing said her prison sentence was changed to house arrest at a specified residence.
- State media showed a photo of her sitting with two military personnel, but her son doubts her actual condition or location.
- Her son has not had contact with her and wants independent proof that she is alive and moved.
- She was sentenced to 33 years on various charges seen as politically driven; the sentence has been reduced several times.
- Aung San Suu Kyi first came to power in 2015 after years of pro-democracy activism and prior house arrests.
- She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 for her non-violent resistance to military rule.
- Her international reputation declined after she defended Myanmar at a court case about military attacks on the Rohingya minority.
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