The former leader of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested at home | Articles of Controversy

The move comes as part of a major prisoner amnesty tied to the Buddhist religious holiday.

Myanmar’s former leader, Aung San ⁠Suu Kyi, has been arrested five years after the military overthrew the Nobel laureate’s government and imprisoned her.

President Min Aung Hlaingwho ordered the decision to take place in 2021, said on Thursday that he “changed the rest of the decision to be delivered to the house that was established”.

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State media broadcast a photo of Suu Kyi sitting on a wooden bench with two people in uniform – the first photo of pro-democracy activists in years.

Translation: Change the place where Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is serving time in prison (change the rest of the sentences so that she continues to live in the place of your choice).

Earlier on Thursday, authorities announced that his prison sentence was being reduced as part of a major prisoner amnesty tied to the Buddhist religious holiday. State media said that in addition to the amnesty granted to 1,519 prisoners, including 11 foreigners, the sentences of convicted prisoners were cut by a sixth person.

Suu Kyi was originally sentenced to 33 years in prison at the end of 2022 for a series of charges that her supporters and activists have described as an attempt to humiliate her and lead to a military coup to remove her from office and prevent her from returning to politics.

Thursday’s pardon, the second to be used in recent weeks, would reduce his sentence to 18 years with more than 13 years left to serve, according to the count.

The decision to move the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 to prison was welcomed as a “significant step” towards a “reliable political process”, the spokesman for the Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres said.

“We appreciate Aung San Suu Kyi’s transition to the so-called construction of a stable house. It is a necessary step to have a credible political plan,” Stephane Dujarric told reporters.

He reiterated the request of the United Nations that “all the people of Myanmar should be released as soon as possible.”

“It is good to hear that the construction of the house has been confirmed, but we have not received any specific information,” a member of Suu Kyi’s legal team told the Reuters news agency.

“We only found out about it from the news announcement.”

Exoneration of certain prisoners

The pardon is the second in two weeks after April 17 when more than 4,500 prisoners were granted amnesty.

The pardon comes after Min Aung Hlaing was sworn in as president on April 10 after an election that critics said was not free or fair and was rigged to give the military a firm grip on power.

In his opening speech, he said his government will grant amnesty aimed at promoting reconciliation, justice and peace.

Suu Kyi, who is now 80 years old, has been serving time in an undisclosed prison in the city of Naypyitaw.

Information about his illness did not go well. Reports in 2024 and 2025 showed decreased health, including high blood pressure, dizziness and heart problems, but these claims could not be independently verified. His legal team has not been allowed to meet him in person since December 2022.

The 2021 military coup led to widespread popular resistance that was brutally suppressed, sparking a civil war that has claimed thousands of lives.

According to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, 22,047 people have been in prison in Myanmar since the military took over the country.

Suu Kyi spent nearly 15 years as a political prisoner under house arrest between 1989 and 2010. The struggle against military rule in Myanmar made her a symbol of the non-violent struggle for democracy.