Aung San Suu Kyi, ousted from power in Myanmar by a military coup in 2021, has been transferred from her prison to a government building, an official from her ministry said on Friday July 28, on condition of anonymity. political party, the National League for Democracy (NLD). The transfer was made “on the night of Monday to Tuesday”. The Fallen Leader is now “in a high-level building”.
According to the same source, Aung San Suu Kyi met with the speaker of the country’s lower house, Ti Khun Myat, and will probably meet with Deng Xijuan, China’s special envoy for Asian affairs, who is visiting the country. country.
A source from another political party said the Nobel Peace Prize winner had been moved to a VIP compound in Naypyidaw.
The former leader has only been seen once since being arrested after the February 1, 2021 putsch, in grainy state media photos taken in a courtroom in the capital Naypyidaw, built by the military.
The coup plunged the Southeast Asian country into a conflict that displaced more than a million people, according to the United Nations.
Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to thirty-three years in prison on a series of charges, including bribery, possession of illegal walkie-talkies and breaching coronavirus restrictions.
Human rights groups have called her trial a sham and a tool to keep the leader out of politics.
