MOVE TO HOUSE ARREST
Aung San Suu Kyi has been serving a 27-year sentence after being convicted of multiple offences based on charges her allies said were politically motivated.
In late April, following a military-engineered election that allowed Min Aung Hlaing to become Myanmar’s leader, authorities said that she had been moved to house arrest.
Her sentence was also commuted by one-sixth as part of an amnesty for thousands of prisoners, which also saw the release of her ally, former President Win Myint.
But the new military-backed administration has so far been reluctant to provide access to Aung San Suu Kyi, including a May request by the Philippines to allow a special envoy of the regional ASEAN bloc to meet with the detained leader.
Myanmar’s military said last December that Aung San Suu Kyi is “in good health,” after her son told Reuters he had received little information about his ageing mother’s condition and not heard from her in years, fearing she could die without him knowing.
