- Suu Kyi was detained by the Myanmar military during a 2021 military coup
- Now they have taken her out of prison and put her under house arrest due to the heat.
Detained former Myanmar leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest, a military government spokesman said.
Suu Kyi, 78, has been detained – sometimes in solitary confinement – by Myanmar’s military since she overthrew her government in a coup in 2021.
“Since the weather is extremely hot, it is not just for Aung San Suu Kyi… For all those who need the necessary precautions, especially elderly prisoners, we are working to protect them from heat stroke,” the junta spokesman said. , Major General Zaw Min Tun. he said in comments reported by local media outlets.
She faces 27 years in prison for crimes ranging from treason and bribery to violations of telecommunications law, charges she denies.
Suu Kyi, 78, has been detained by Myanmar’s military since she overthrew her government in a coup in 2021.
General Min Aung Hlaing, the junta leader, has ruled Myanmar since Suu Kyi’s deposition and arrest in February 2021.
In February, her son Kim Aris said she was in solitary confinement and was in good spirits “although her health is not as good as in the past.”
Aris has previously said he wanted his mother to return to their home in Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon.
Last fall, he called military leaders’ decision to keep his mother in prison while she suffers health problems “egregious.” The independent.
“Keeping someone illegally in prison, a measure condemned by the outside world, becomes an even greater and egregious mistake when basic human rights are abrogated,” he said.
World leaders and pro-democracy activists have repeatedly called for his release.
In February, her youngest son, Kim Aris, 46, seen here, said she was in solitary confinement and was in good spirits “although her health is not as good as in the past.”
Myanmar’s military says Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest as a health measure due to a heat wave in the country.
His legal team continues to appeal to prove his innocence in the cases, as well as working on appeals for 14 other people he faces.
A spokesman for the NUG shadow government called for the unconditional release of Suu Kyi and U Win Myint, Myanmar’s ousted president, who has also been moved to house arrest, according to media reports.
‘Moving them from prisons to houses is good, since houses are better than prisons. However, they must be released unconditionally. “They must take full responsibility for the health and safety of Aung San Suu Kyi and U Win Myint,” spokesman Kyaw Zaw said late Tuesday.
General Min Aung Hlaing, the junta leader, has ruled Myanmar since the deposition and arrest of Suu Kyi in the February 2021 coup.