-Myanmar commutes ex-leader Aung San jail sentence

Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been given a further one-sixth reduction in her sentence as part of an amnesty, a member of her legal team said on Thursday, the second such commutation in two weeks.



The Nobel laureate, who has been held since being toppled by the military in a 2021 coup, will now have just over 18 years left to serve, the legal team member said, declining to be identified by name.



After a marathon run of trials, Aung San Suu Kyi, 80, was sentenced to 33 years after convictions on charges ranging from corruption and inciting election fraud to violating state secrecy rules,which her allies maintain were politically motivated and aimed at sidelining her.



That sentence was later commuted to 27 years, and then by a sixth in a Myanmar New Year amnesty on April 17 that freed her ally and co-defendent Win Myint, the former president.



The latest reduction comes after an announcement by state media on Thursday saying that all prisoners would have their sentences commuted.



Aung San Suu Kyi's whereabouts are unknown and she has not been seen in public since the trials.