00:02Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest,
00:07according to state media.
00:08The announcement was broadcast on Thursday, with reports citing a presidential office
00:13statement saying junta chief Min Aung Hlaing had commuted the remainder of her sentence.
00:20State broadcaster MRTV also released a rare photo showing Suu Kyi seated opposite two
00:27uniformed men, the first image of her in years after being largely cut off from the outside
00:32world.
00:33Concern over her condition had grown in recent months, prompting activists to launch an international
00:39campaign calling on authorities to prove she was alive.
00:43A spokesman for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said the decision was welcome and
00:50described it as a meaningful step towards conditions for a credible political process.
00:54Suu Kyi, 80, was detained following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'etat that brought the military
01:01to power and was later sentenced to a lengthy prison term.
01:05She had previously spent 15 years under house arrest at her home in Yangon, gaining global
01:10recognition for her non-violent resistance and receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991.
01:16Myanmar's junta has repeatedly freed thousands of prisoners during major holidays in recent years.
01:22On Thursday, authorities announced a mass amnesty to mark a Buddhist holiday, with inmates not
01:29pardoned having their sentences reduced by one-sixth.
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