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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Shweta Sharma

Aung San Suu Kyi’s son Kim Aris hit outs at Myanmar’s token prison sentence cut: ‘This is not justice’

Myanmar’s decision to further reduce the prison sentence of Aung San Suu Kyi will not bring justice for the ousted civilian leader or her people, her family and activists have said.

On Thursday, the country’s newly elected president, Min Aung Hlaing, commuted Ms Suu Kyi’s sentence by an additional one-sixth as part of an amnesty deal to mark a Buddhist religious holiday, her legal team said. On Friday, it was reported she had also been moved from prison to house arrest.

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