US EditionMyanmar cuts ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi's sentence, frees former president: Reuters
The amnesty freed 4,335 prisoners and reduced Aung San Suu Kyi’s 27-year sentence by one-sixth, state media reported.
- On Friday, President Min Aung Hlaing approved an amnesty reducing imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi's 27-year sentence by one-sixth, her lawyer told Reuters. The decree also covered 4,335 prisoners.
- Min Aung Hlaing led the 2021 military coup that ousted the democratically elected government, plunging Myanmar into turmoil. The military has held Suu Kyi in prison on multiple politically motivated charges since her arrest in February 2021.
- Among those receiving sentence reductions was former president Win Myint, an ally of Suu Kyi who served until the 2021 coup. State media reported the amnesty for 4,335 prisoners marked the third such move in six months.
- Her lawyer confirmed the sentence reduction for the 80-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner but stated it remains unclear whether Suu Kyi will be moved to house arrest. Her whereabouts remain unknown.
- Critics and Western governments dismissed Min Aung Hlaing's April 3 presidential election as a sham designed to entrench military rule. Rights groups view the amnesty as a limited concession unlikely to restore democratic norms.
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AlKhaleej TodayMyanmar cuts Suu Kyi’s sentence under mass amnesty, source says
YANGON, April 17 — Myanmar’s coup-ousted and detained democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi had her sentence reduced Friday as part of a mass amnesty, a source close to her legal case told AFP.The source — speaking anonymously for security reasons — confirmed the new year amnesty by leader Min Aung Hlaing cutting the remaining terms of sentences under 40 years by one-sixth “also applies to her”.Suu Kyi is currently serving a 27-year sentence, but i…
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