MYANMAR REDUCES EX-LEADER AUNG SAN SUU KYI’S SENTENCE – She has been in military custody since a 2021 coup that deposed her government
Myanmar has reduced the sentence of ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi, her lawyer said.
She has been in military custody since a 2021 coup that deposed her government.
Myanmar has been gripped by violence since the military takeover in February 2021, which prompted mass rallies that were crushed by brutal force, sparking a widespread armed uprising.
Suu Kyi, a long-standing symbol of Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement, is serving a 27-year sentence for offences including incitement, corruption and election fraud, all of which she denies.
One of her last public appearances was in court in May 2021, a few months after the coup, when pictures aired by state television showed her sitting upright in the dock, with her hands in her lap and wearing a surgical mask.
