Jailed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi moved to house arrest 'because of very hot weather'
Myanmar 's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi attends the start of a three-day hearing on the Rohingya genocide case before the UN International Court of Justice at the Peace Palace of The Hague. Hot weather prompted the move, said the Myanmar junta.Jailed Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest, a military official said on Wednesday, as the junta announced a heatwave had prompted measures to protect inmates.
A military official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he is not authorised to speak to the media, said Suu Kyi and former president Win Myint had been moved from prison to house arrest. The junta also announced on Wednesday that 3 300 prisoners would be freed as part of a regular amnesty to mark the country's new year festival.
It was not immediately clear how long Suu Kyi would be allowed to remain under house arrest beyond the heatwave, or whether the move represented an official reduction in her sentence. The compound had no air conditioning in the searing heat and the concrete cells leaked during the monsoon, according to Australian economist Sean Turnell, a former advisor to Suu Kyi's government who was detained there for months.
Remaining prisoners will have their sentences cut by one-sixth, the junta said in a statement, except for those convicted of serious offences, including murder, terrorism and drugs charges.
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