Myanmar’s junta chief turned president on Thursday ordered deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi be moved to house arrest, five years after sweeping her into detention in a 2021 coup.
– A statement from the office of Min Aung Hlaing said he “commuted the remaining sentence” of the 80-year-old Suu Kyi “to be served at the designated residence”.
– It was not immediately clear where she will be moved, however a senior source from her dissolved National League for Democracy party told AFP she would likely be kept sequestered at an address in the capital Naypyidaw.
– “We do not know where it is exactly,” they said, speaking on condition of anonymity for security reasons.
– Min led the coup against Suu Kyi as military chief, triggering civil war. He was sworn in as Myanmar’s civilian president this month after a tightly-controlled election excluding her party.