Jailed Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been pardoned in five criminal cases, although she still faces 14 others, state media has said.
JAILED MYANMAR CIVILIAN leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been pardoned in five criminal cases, although she still faces 14 others, state media has said.
The junta announced on Monday it would extend Myanmar’s state of emergency by six months, state media said, which is likely to delay elections promised for August. Former Myanmar president Win Myint, who was also removed in the 2021 coup, would also be pardoned in two cases, the broadcast said.An unspecified number of prisoners facing the death penalty also had their sentences reduced to life imprisonment, it said.
In July, Thailand’s foreign minister said he had met with Suu Kyi, the first known meeting with a foreign envoy since she was detained. The junta released some 23,000 prisoners after the 2021 coup in a move that human rights groups feared at the time was aimed at freeing up space for military opponents.
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