Suu Kyi's incitement conviction related to statements her National League for Democracy party published shortly after the coup condemning the generals' takeover. On Monday evening residents in parts of commercial capital Yangon banged pots and pans - a practice traditionally associated with driving out evil spirits but which has been used since February to show dissent against the military. They would serve their sentences under the house arrest they have been kept under in the capital of Naypyidaw, the statement said, without giving further details. Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing later "pardoned" the sentences of both to "two years imprisonment", according to a statement read out on state TV. On Monday Suu Kyi was sentenced to two years for incitement against the military and another two years for breaching a natural disaster law relating to Covid, junta spokesman Zaw Min Tun told AFP by phone.įormer president Win Myint was also initially jailed for four years on the same charges, which the US later blasted as an "affront" to justice. She has since been hit with a series of charges, including violating the official secrets act, illegally importing walkie talkies and electoral fraud, and faces decades in prison. Suu Kyi, 76, has been detained since the generals staged a coup and ousted her government on February 1, ending the Southeast Asian country's brief period of democracy.
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