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Aung San Suu Kyi: The Myanmar democracy icon detained for years
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- Former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been held in detention since a military coup in 2021, has been moved to house arrest, the country's state media reported.
- Little has been heard from the 80-year-old Nobel laureate since she was arrested on the day the armed forces ousted her elected government more than five years ago.
- She was charged with a raft of criminal offences, including corruption.
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Former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been held in detention since a military coup in 2021, has been moved to house arrest, the country's state media reported.
Little has been heard from the 80-year-old Nobel laureate since she was arrested on the day the armed forces ousted her elected government more than five years ago.
She was charged with a raft of criminal offences, including corruption. She denies all of the accusations and rights groups have condemned the series of secret trials as a sham.
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