The navy authorities in Myanmar has diminished the jail sentence for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the Southeast Asian nation’s ousted civilian chief, state tv stated on Tuesday.
Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi was deposed by Myanmar’s navy in a February 2021 coup and has been serving a 33-year sentence on corruption and different costs since December 2021. Rights teams and supporters say the costs have been trumped up and meant to maintain the Nobel Peace laureate, who’s extraordinarily fashionable in Myanmar, from elected workplace.
On Tuesday, the authorities overturned 5 of the 19 convictions in opposition to Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi, in accordance with Myawaddy TV News, a channel run by the navy authorities.
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Source: www.nytimes.com