Myanmar moves former leader Aung San Suu Kyi to house arrest and pardons 3,300 prisoners | BBC News
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Published 2024-04-17
State media, quoting a spokesman for the junta, said extremely hot weather had caused Miss Suu Kyi and other elderly prisoners to be relocated as a precaution against heat stroke.
The Nobel laureate, Suu Kyi, has been in jail since she was ousted in a coup in 2021.
This news comes a week after the military suffered a significant defeat, losing control of the main border crossing into Thailand, as it continues to face a shortage of soldiers.
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All Comments (21)
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They want to negotiate now. They know they have lost the fight.
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Poor country, how do you have Army as a party, Army fighting its own citizens instead of protecting them.
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PRAYING FOR THE PEACE AND DEMOCRACY IN MYANMAR
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The junta’s freeing prisoners? It’s feeling the beginning of the end.
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Myanmar need democracy.not military junta.
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BBC really should provide greater context around the footage it uses - no one has seen Aung San Suu Kyi for years, the footage used here is years old.
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Free Myanmar!
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People blame her but she never had any power. She was always under a gun.
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The Military leader no longer can hold his power amid popularity of Suu Kyi and arising power of the opposition rebels.
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My gosh! She is alive! I am so happy to hear that!!!
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She's always been under arrest
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😢😢😢😮 nobody wants to live under a gun 🔫
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Very sad for the women and children.
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The noble Myanmar people are fighting for their right to self-determination. I support them.
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I used to admire SuuKyi's moral compass in her quest for freedom and democracy for her people. But when she refused to acknowledge the mass killing and displacement of the Rohingyas in front of the international community, she lost all my respect.
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Remind these young people their future is not at a stop, just a brief pause. Tell them to hold on. They will lead Burma/Myanmar to a better future. Don't give up now. The pressure is incrdibly high at the moment. BUT, the darkest time of each day is just before the dawn of a new day and they can lead the role in this new day for the collective of peoples in Myanmar/Burma.
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Push these military out of politics! They have no business running a country. They are ill-equipped and incompetent in leading Myanmar.
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it's horrible...
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Pardoning the prisoners so they can conscript them 🤷
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Tatmadaw needs to be heavily reformed if not dissolved completely and a new national armed forces created from the rebel and ethnic forces. Tatmadaw leadership needs to be exiled or in prison.
