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(FILES) Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi speaks at a business forum on the sidelines of the 33rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Singapore on November 12, 2018. Ousted Myanmar democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi is in "strong spirits", her son told AFP on February 6, 2024 after receiving a letter from her -- their first communication since she was detained in a coup three years ago. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP)
Myanmar's junta has moved jailed democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi from prison to house arrest, a source told AFP on Wednesday.
Separately, a spokesman for the country's military authorities said older prisoners were being given "necessary care" during a spell of hot weather, and it was not immediately clear whether the move was temporary or a represented a reduction in the 78-year-old Nobel laureate's sentence.
