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Suu Kyi's aide among those freed in junta amnesty
The Straits Times
|November 28, 2025
A key aide to Myanmar's deposed democratic figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi was among hundreds of political prisoners freed by the junta in a pre-election amnesty on Nov 27, AFP reporters saw.
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Myanmar's military snatched power in a 2021 coup - toppling Ms Suu Kyi's civilian government, jailing the Nobel laureate and making unsubstantiated allegations of electoral fraud after her party won national polls by a landslide.
The coup prompted a devastating civil war, but the military has scheduled phased elections beginning on Dec 28, touting the polls as an opportunity for reconciliation.
The junta announced on Nov 26 its most significant amnesty of political prisoners in years, saying 3,085 prosecuted under post-coup legislation restricting free speech would have their sentences dropped.
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