Overview
- The junta said Thursday it commuted the 80-year-old’s remaining term to house arrest at a designated residence, without disclosing the location.
- A senior source from her dissolved party told AFP she will likely be kept in isolation in Naypyidaw, though neither the address nor her transfer has been verified.
- The United Nations called the change a significant step toward a credible political process and urged the release of all political prisoners, and her lawyers praised the decision after years of detention.
- Her son said he has no proof she is alive or moved and he dismissed a state photo that the BBC reported was taken in 2022.
- Min Aung Hlaing, who led the 2021 coup, was sworn in as president this month after an election that barred Suu Kyi’s party, as conflict and displacement persist across Myanmar.