Myanmar moves former leader Aung SanSuu Kyi to house arrest and pardons 3,300prisoners | BBC News

The military government in Myanmar has said it haspardoned 3,300 prisoners and has moved thecountry's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi from prison to house arrest.

State media, quoting a spokesman for the junta, saidextremely hot weather had caused Miss Suu Kyi andother elderly prisoners to be relocated as a precaution against heat stroke.

The Nobel laureate, Suu Kyi, has been in jail since she was ousted in a coup in 2021.

This news comes a week after the military suffered asignificant defeat, losing control of the main bordercrossing into Thailand, as it continues to face a shortage of soldiers.

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