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Junta pardon cuts Suu Kyi’s sentence
Jailed Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi was among more than 7,000 prisoners who received pardons from the military junta on the occasion of the Buddhist Lent. The state media announced the amnesty Tuesday but only five of the 19 convictions of Suu Kyi were pardoned. “Chairman of State Administration Council pardons Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who was sentenced by the relevant courts,” the broadcast said. Suu Kyi, who has been in detention since she was ousted in a 2021 military coup, has been sentenced to 33 years in jail for a clutch of charges, including corruption, possession of illegal walkie talkies and flouting coronavirus restrictions. “She couldn’t be freed completely although some sentences against her were pardoned. She still has to face 14 cases. Only five cases out of 19 were pardoned,” a legal source said. Suu Kyi has only been seen once since she was held after the 1 February 2021 putsch — in grainy state media photos from a bare courtroom in the military-built capital Naypyidaw. The coup plunged the Southeast Asian nation into a conflict that has displaced more than one million people, according to the United Nations. Last week, Suu Kyi was moved from prison to a government building, according to an official from her political party. Myanmar frequently grants amnesty to thousands of prisoners to commemorate holidays or special Buddhist dates. The coup plunged the Southeast Asian nation into a conflict that has displaced more than one million people, according to the United Nations. The junta extended the country’s state of emergency for six months, a State Department spokesperson said Monday. The extension spelled a delay for elections the military had pledged to hold in August as it battles anti-coup fighters across the country. WITH AFP The post Junta pardon cuts Suu Kyi’s sentence appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Myanmar’s detained civilian leader Suu Kyi receives partial pardon
Jailed Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been pardoned in five criminal cases, although she still faces 14 others, state media said Tuesday. A military coup in February 2021 plunged the Southeast Asian nation into chaos and widespread violence as the military junta launched a bloody crackdown on dissent. "Chairman of State Administration Council pardoned Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who was sentenced by the relevant courts under five cases," a state media broadcast said. The broadcast said the 78-year-old Nobel Peace laureate still faces 14 other cases. Tuesday's announcement was part of an amnesty of more than 7,000 prisoners to mark Buddhist Lent. The junta announced on Monday it would extend Myanmar's state of emergency by six months, state media said, which is likely to delay elections promised for August. Suu Kyi, who has been in detention since 2021, has been sentenced to 33 years in jail for a clutch of charges, including corruption, possession of illegal walkie-talkies and flouting coronavirus restrictions. "She couldn't be freed completely, although some sentences against her were pardoned. She still has to face 14 cases. Only five cases out of 19 were pardoned," a legal source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said. Former Myanmar president Win Myint, who was also removed in the 2021 coup, would also be pardoned in two cases, the broadcast said. The announcement said 125 foreign prisoners would be released and pardoned. An unspecified number of prisoners facing the death penalty also had their sentences reduced to life imprisonment, it said. Health concerns Suu Kyi has only been seen once since she was held after the 1 February 2021, putsch -- in grainy state media photos from a bare courtroom in the military-built capital Naypyidaw. There have been concerns about Suu Kyi's health since her detention, including during her trial in a junta court that required her to attend almost daily hearings. She was moved from prison to a government building last week, according to an official from her political party. In July, Thailand's foreign minister said he had met with Suu Kyi, the first known meeting with a foreign envoy since she was detained. A junta spokesman told AFP the meeting had lasted more than an hour but did not give any details about what was discussed. Myanmar frequently grants amnesties to thousands of prisoners to commemorate holidays or special Buddhist dates. The junta released some 23,000 prisoners after the 2021 coup in a move that human rights groups feared at the time was aimed at freeing up space for military opponents. More than 24,000 people have been arrested since the military booted Suu Kyi's government from power, according to a local monitoring group. Almost 20,000 remain behind bars, according to the latest figures. Still popular Suu Kyi remains hugely popular in Myanmar, even after her international image was tainted by a power-sharing deal with the generals and her failure to speak up for the persecuted Rohingya minority. But many fighting for democracy have jettisoned her core principle of non-violence and taken up arms to try and permanently root out military dominance of Myanmar's politics and economy. The military cited alleged widespread voter fraud during elections in November 2020 as a reason for its coup, which sparked huge protests and a bloody crackdown. Those polls were won resoundingly by Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, with international observers saying at the time the polls were largely free and fair. Conflict since the coup has displaced more than one million people, the United Nations says. According to a local monitoring group, more than 3,800 people have been killed since the coup, a figure the junta puts at 5,000. The post Myanmar’s detained civilian leader Suu Kyi receives partial pardon appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Myanmar junta freeing 3,000 prisoners
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Myanmar’s junta said on Monday it would release more than 3,000 prisoners to mark the Buddhist New Year, without specifying whether those jailed in its bloody crackdown on dissent would be freed. The military has arrested thousands since its coup more than two years ago that plunged the country into turmoil and sparked widespread clashes with anti-coup fighters. Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing “pardoned 3,015 prisoners... to mark Myanmar New Year, for the peaceful mind of the people and on humanitarian grounds,” the junta’s information team said in a statement. It did not say whether anti-junta protesters or journalists jailed covering the coup will be among those freed. Shortly after its coup, the junta released around 23,000 prisoners, with some rights groups at the time fearing the move was to free up space for opponents of the military as well as to cause chaos in communities. The country typically grants an amnesty to thousands of prisoners to mark its traditional Buddhist New Year holiday — which in previous years have been joyous affairs with city-wide water fights. But this year streets in many major cities were silent in boycott after a military airstrike on a village in a resistance hotspot that media and locals said killed more than 170 people. More than 21,000 people have been arrested since the military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s government in February 2021, according to a local monitoring group. Suu Kyi has been detained since the early hours of the coup. The post Myanmar junta freeing 3,000 prisoners appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
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