YANGON, Myanmar: Myanmar´s junta chief-turned-president on Thursday ordered deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to 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 had “commuted the remaining sentence” of the 80-year-old Suu Kyi “to be served at the designated residence”.
The office also shared a photograph seeming to show Suu Kyi sitting flanked by two men -- one in a khaki shirt and another in a police uniform.
It was not immediately clear where she will be moved, but a senior source from her dissolved National League for Democracy (NLD) party told AFP she would likely be kept sequestered at an address in the capital Naypyidaw.
“We do not know where it is exactly,” the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity for security reasons.
A Naypyidaw police source said security forces had been ordered to “enforce restrictions” in areas of the capital on Thursday night.
“The ´designated residence´ mentioned in the order will remain under their direct custody and control,” they said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The official statement also did not make clear how many years remain in Suu Kyi´s sentence. In New York, United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters the move was “a meaningful step towards conditions conducive to a credible political process”.
