Suu Kyi has been detained by the Myanmar military since it overthrew her government in a 2021 coup. The 78-year-old Nobel laureate was held under house arrest for a total of 15 years under a previous junta. - Photo: AP
LONDON (Reuters): Myanmar's detained former leader and Aung San Suu Kyi was moved from prison to house arrest possibly to be used by the South-East Asian nation's ruling junta as a human shield in its conflict with resistance fighters, her son has announced.
Suu Kyi has been detained by the Myanmar military since it overthrew her government in a 2021 coup. The 78-year-old Nobel laureate was held under house arrest for a total of 15 years under a previous junta.
