Over 1,500 prisoners granted amnesty on Buddhist holiday; Aung San Suu Kyi sentence reduced

State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi’s 22-year sentence was reduced by one-sixth to 18 years in prison during an amnesty announced by Min Aung Hlaing for a total of 1,519 prisoners, including 11 foreigners, to mark Full Moon Day of Kason on Thursday.

“There [have been] rumors going around that she was going to be moved to house arrest or even potentially freed, but none of that seems to have materialized,” Kim Aris, Aung San Suu Kyi’s son, told DVB in an interview on April 20 – following the Myanmar New Year amnesty that reduced Aung San Suu Kyi’s 27-year prison sentence to 22.