Aung San Suu Kyi pardoned and released from prison.
State media in Myanmar reported that deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi and former president Win Ming were pardoned and released from prison.
More than 15 months have passed since Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to five years in prison for corruption in Myanmar, the military rulers of this country pardoned Suu Kyi and the former president of Myanmar.
Myanmar’s state news agency reported on Tuesday (today) that with the amnesty of the country’s military rulers, deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi and former president Win Ming were pardoned and released.
On the 7th of May last year, a court ruled by the Myanmar military found the deposed leader of the country, Aung San Suu Kyi, guilty of corruption charges and sentenced her to five years in prison.
Suu Kyi, who is also a Nobel Peace Prize winner, led her country for five years before the early 2021 military coup, but was deposed and arrested after the military came to power.
According to AFP, Myanmar’s military ruling body led by General Aung Min Hlaing on Tuesday (today) pardoned and released Suu Kyi as well as Win Ming, the former president of the country.
The announcement of Suu Kyi’s amnesty was made in a situation where she had previously been accused of violating election laws, state secrecy laws, and incitement and corruption, but her supporters say these charges were made to destroy any chance of Suu Kyi’s return to politics. take away
The US and several other Western countries that had good relations with Aung San Suu Kyi’s government have been putting pressure on Myanmar since the Myanmar military took power in 2021 and have imposed several rounds of sanctions against the country and its rulers.
Westerners and especially Americans have repeatedly defended Aung San Suu Kyi and called her a leader who supports human rights, but Aung San Suu Kyi has been severely criticized by the international community for her silence regarding the crimes against Rohingya Muslims, and some human rights groups He is considered a participant in this crime.
