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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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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People blame her but she never had any power. She was always under a gun.
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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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it's horrible...
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I took time to watch this news,the video it’s interesting.
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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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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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“Limits…”?!
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Imagine if the army is removed 🐸 from ⛮ powering 🇲🇲 Myanmar
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That's more like it
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Malaysia noted..🇲🇾