Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi granted partial pardon

Myanmar’s ruling military has granted partial clemency to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, pardoning the Nobel laureate in five of the 19 offences for which she was convicted and jailed for a total of 33 years following a coup two years ago, according to media reports.

Myanmar’s ruling military has granted partial clemency to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, pardoning the Nobel laureate in five of the 19 offences for which she was convicted and jailed for a total of 33 years following a coup two years ago, according to media reports.

The pardons, announced on state media on Tuesday, were part of an amnesty granted to more than 7,000 prisoners to mark Buddhist Lent.

The former leader, who was reportedly moved last week from prison to house arrest in the capital, Naypyidaw, has been in detention since the military toppled her government and seized power in a coup in February 2021.

She is appealing the convictions for the 19 offences, which range from incitement and election fraud to corruption.

She denied all of the charges.