Suu Kyi moved to prison site as Myanmar trial continues: reports

No reason given for transfer of 77-year-old deposed leader from house arrest

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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, pictured here in 2017, has been under house arrest since February 2021.

Nikkei staff writers

BANGKOK -- Myanmar's ousted de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been transferred from house arrest to a location inside a prison for undisclosed reasons, local media reported Wednesday.

Security is tight around the prison in the capital, Naypyitaw, where the Nobel Peace Prize winner is now confined, media reports said.

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