Myanmar has reduced the sentence of imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi by one-sixth, her lawyer told Reuters on Friday, but the 80-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate remains in detention at an undisclosed location.
Suu Kyi was serving a 27-year sentence for a litany of offences her allies say were politically motivated ranging from incitement and corruption to election fraud and violating a state secrets law. The sentence reduction means her term has been cut by approximately 4½ years.
