Foreign news agencies reported that Myanmar’s military government spokesman, Kyaw Min Tun, It told local media that Min Aung Hlaing, chairman of the State Administrative Council, had issued five pardons for Aung San Suu Kyi on the 19 counts she has been convicted of. This reduced the jail sentence he received from Myanmar to 6 years, down from 33 years to 27 years.
The order was meant to celebrate the day of Buddhist Lent. In addition to Suu Kyi The state executive council has also partially pardoned more than 7,000 prisoners, including former president Win Myint, who was arrested alongside Suu Kyi after the 2021 coup on the same charge. which reduced his prison sentence to four years.
Aung San Suu Kyi was transferred from prison to house arrest in the capital Nay Pyi Taw last week. After being detained since 2021, during which time she was convicted of several charges including corruption, illegal possession of a walkie-talkie. and violating the measures to prevent COVID-19
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2023-08-01 16:59:00
