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Myanmar ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi moved to house arrest, military says
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- Robert Greenall BBC News Myanmar state TVState TV broadcast a picture of the Nobel laureate in confinement.
- The 80-year-old Nobel laureate has been held in detention - probably in a military prison in the capital Nay Pyi Taw - since she was removed from office in a military coup in 2021.
- A statement by military leader Min Aung Hlaing, who led the coup, said he had "commuted her remaining sentence to be served at the designated residence".
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Robert Greenall BBC News Myanmar state TVState TV broadcast a picture of the Nobel laureate in confinement. The detained former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved to house arrest, the country's state media has reported.
The 80-year-old Nobel laureate has been held in detention - probably in a military prison in the capital Nay Pyi Taw - since she was removed from office in a military coup in 2021.
A statement by military leader Min Aung Hlaing, who led the coup, said he had "commuted her remaining sentence to be served at the designated residence".
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