The deposed democratically elected leader has been granted two amnesties this month, but her remaining sentence remains unclear.
Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing has cut all prisoners’ sentences by one-sixth, a blanket measure that grants deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s sentence a further reduction, according to a member of her legal team.
Thursday’s measure comes to mark a public holiday, according to a statement published by the presidential office. Amnesties typically happen as Myanmar marks Independence Day in January and its New Year in April.
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Min Aung Hlaing, who was military chief before being sworn in as civilian president after a tightly restricted election, had already granted a similar sentence reduction in an…
