00:00ASEAN Chair the Philippines has called on Myanmar to give an ASEAN envoy access to Aung San Suu Kyi
00:06and provide greater transparency over her transfer to house arrest.
00:11The Philippines also urged Myanmar to allow the detained former leader to communicate with her family
00:16to demonstrate a genuine commitment to national reconciliation.
00:21A few days ahead of the ASEAN summit in the Philippines,
00:24Myanmar's military-backed government announced Suu Kyi will be moved to house arrest from Naypyidaw Prison
00:30to serve her remaining prison term, a conciliatory gesture as the regime seeks international recognition.
00:38The Philippines also said the development should build momentum for political talks
00:43under ASEAN's Five-Point Consensus Peace Plan.
00:47The eight-year-old Nobel Peace Laureate and former de facto leader of Myanmar
00:51was detained in February 2021 after the military ousted her democratically elected civilian government in a coup.
00:59She was later jailed under multiple charges for a combined 27-year prison sentence,
01:05which was subsequently reduced.
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