THE seasonal amnesty granted by the military junta to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi reduced her 33-year jail term by six years.
The Nobel laureate has been in detention since a military coup removed her from power on February 1, 2021.
She was moved from jail to house arrest in the capital city of Naypyitaw last week.
The move was part of a seasonal amnesty under which more than 7,000 prisoners have been granted partial clemency by the military junta to mark Buddhist lent.
The 78-year-old leader was first put under house arrest in 1989 after huge protests against decades of military rule.
In 1991, she won a Nobel Peace Prize while still under house arrest until she was fully released in 2010.
In November 2015, Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy won a landslide victory in Myanmar, ending 50 years of military rule.
In November 2020, the ruling party once again declared a landslide victory and secured enough votes to form a new government.
The celebration was only short-lived as the Tatmadaw launched a military coup in February 2021, citing alleged voter fraud in the 2020 elections as the basis for the seizure of power.
