Military spokesperson says Nobel laureate is among prisoners to be moved out of prison as a precaution during hot weatherMyanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest, according to the military junta.A spokesperson said the measure was taken due to extremely hot weather and that it was trying to prevent heatstroke among “all those who need necessary precautions, especially elderly prisoners”. Continue reading
Shift meant to be precaution during hot weather in Myanmar
Suu Kyi was detained by the Myanmar military during a 2021 military coup. She's now been moved out of prison and on to house arrest due to the heat
Myanmar correspondent Leong Wai Kit looks at China’s possible involvement, the significance of the shift and next steps for both the country and its former state counsellor.
Her transfer this week to house arrest was ‘a positive step,’ the Thai Foreign Ministry said.
Myanmar’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest due to a heat wave, the military government said.
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest as a health measure due to a heat wave, the military government said. On Wednesday it also granted amnesty for over 3,000 prisoners to mark this week’s traditional New Year holiday. Suu Kyi, 78, and Win []
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest as a health measure due to a heat wave, the military government said. On Wednesday it also granted amnesty for over 3,000 prisoners to mark this week’s traditional New Year holiday. Suu Kyi, 78, and Win
Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from a Myanmar prison to house arrest due to heat wave
Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military said Wednesday that ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest as a health measure due to a heat wave. A nationwide conflict in Myanmar began after the army in 2021 ousted the elected government, imprisoned Suu Kyi and began suppressing nonviolent protests that
Myanmar’s detained former leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest, a spokesperson for the military government told media. “Since the weather is extremely hot, it is not only for Aung San Suu Kyi. For all those who need necessary precautions, especially elderly prisoners, we are working to protect them from heatstroke,” junta spokesperson Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Tun said in comments reported by four media outlets. Zaw Min Tun did not respond to Reuters’s...