Former Burmese state counselor Aung San Suu Kyi has been pardoned on five of the 19 offenses for which she was convicted and jailed for a total of 33 years, state media reported yesterday.
The pardons would mean a reduction in her jail term of six years, junta spokesperson Zaw Min Tun told Eleven Media Group.
The Nobel Laureate, who last week moved from prison to house arrest in the capital, Naypyitaw, has been in detention since the military seized power in a coup in early 2021.
The military’s State Administration Council also pardoned former Burmese president Win Myint, who was also arrested at the same time as Aung San Suu Kyi after the 2021 coup, on some of the charges for which he was convicted resulting in a reduction of four years in his jail term, the spokesman was quoted as saying.
Aung San Suu Kyi, 78, denied all of the charges for which she was convicted, ranging from incitement and election fraud to corruption, and has been appealing them.
An informed source said that Aung San Suu Kyi and Win Myint would remain in detention.
“She won’t be free from house arrest,” said the source, who declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the issue.
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