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Suu Kyi, 80, has been detained by the junta and her whereabouts unclear amid a deadly civil war triggered by the February 2021 coup

Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to be moved to house arrest, military-controlled media reported on Thursday, more than five years after her government was ousted in a coup.

Aung San Suu Kyi, 80, has been detained since the military took power in 2021, plunging the country into conflict and economic turmoil. Very little is known about the conditions in which she has been held.