Myanmar attempts to rehabilitate image with Suu Kyi move

Asia Myanmar attempts to rehabilitate image with Suu Kyi move May 1, 20264:30 AM ET By  Michael Sullivan In this undated photo provided on April 30, 2026, by the Myanmar Military True News Information Team, the country's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, talks with officials in an undisclosed location in Myanmar. Myanmar Military True News Information Team/AP hide caption toggle caption Myanmar Military True News Information Team/AP State television in Myanmar says detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been transferred from prison to house arrest, more than five years after the military coup that removed her from power. The broadcast said she would "now serve the remainder of her sentence at a specific home instead of in prison." It did not say where that home would be. Uncertainty about Suu Kyi's location has been a constant since she was detained after the Feb 1, 2021, coup that deposed her elected government and she is believed to be in ill health, something the military denies. Sponsor Message Asia Myanmar is holding phased elections. Here's why they're being called a 'sham' Indeed, the only time she's been seen since is during her court appearances during the numerous trials against her which left her serving a total of 33 years in prison. Her supporters and human rights groups say the charges were a sham, designed to remove the wildly popular leader from the political stage for good. The order to release her came from Myanmar's new president, former military senior general Min Aung Hlaing. He's the leader of the coup that deposed her. He became president earlier this month after a military-organized general election held in the midst of Myanmar's civil war that excluded much of the electorate and several prominent parties, including Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy. The election was widely dismissed internationally as a sham. But the move by President Min Aung Hlaing to ease Suu Kyi's situation, says the International Crisis Group's...