The detention order for Myanmar’s ousted legitimately elected president, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been changed to house arrest amid a heat wave gripping the country and much of the region. UCA News reported this on April 17.
Former president Win Myint was also among elderly and sick prisoners transferred from Taung Gu prison in the central Bago region, where temperatures reached 38 degrees Celsius, while the military pardoned 3,000 prisoners to mark the traditional holiday. on New Year’s Day this year, the military said. General Zaw Min Tun.
“The fact that it’s very hot doesn’t just affect Aung San Suu Kyi.”, He noticed. “[Это] For all those who need the necessary precautions, especially older inmates, we are working to protect them from heat stroke.”
Nobel laureate Suu Kyi, 78, was ousted from power in a coup in February 2021, triggering a three-year civil war that has recently led to a series of surprising victories for opposition forces now They control almost all of Myanmar’s borders with Thailand. Laos, China, India and Bangladesh.
These include the strategic town of Myawaddy on the southeastern border with Thailand, which is now under the control of the Karen National Union (KNU), one of about 20 ethnic armed organizations (EAO) fighting the junta alongside the Security Forces. Defense of the People (PDF). ), the armed wing of the shadow Government of National Unity (GNU).
Suu Kyi is still seen as the leader of the GNU. She is serving a 27-year sentence in the capital, Naypyitaw, on various charges including treason, bribery and violation of the telecommunications law.
Suu Kyi has rejected the allegations, which the GNU, human rights groups and Western-led governments have called politically motivated and fabricated by the junta to justify its coup.
In the Thai town of Mae Sot, bordering Myawaddy, Thai authorities have called for the area to be declared a “safe zone” to allow trade and safe passage for those fleeing the fighting.
Khun Bedu, deputy chairman of Karen State’s interim executive council, said the region would be open to all local and foreign journalists and that the council would not control the media, which would also have unlimited access to information.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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