When the Government of Myanmar (the former Burma) announced on 17 April a reduction in the 27-year prison sentence imposed on Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader deposed in the 2021 coup d’état and imprisoned since then, rumors began to circulate about a possible transfer to serve the remainder of the sentence under house arrest. Two weeks later, on 30 April, state television MRTV reported that there had been a further reduction in the sentence and add…