April 30, 2026

It has been announced that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's remaining sentences have been commuted, allowing her to serve the remainder of her term at a designated residence.

According to a government press release issued on the evening of April 30, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who had been serving her sentence in Nay Pyi Taw Prison, will have her remaining sentences commuted to a designated residence in accordance with Section 541, Sub-section (1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

The announcement further stated that the President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar authorized this commutation in commemoration of the Kasone Full Moon Day (Buddha Day) of the year 1388 ME, in observance of humanitarian principles, and as a gesture of the State’s goodwill and loving-kindness.