No one above the law, Myanmar junta minister says of Suu Kyi verdict
The Hindu
Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to four years in prison for incitement and breaching coronavirus regulations but the military junta leaders reduced it to a two-year term of detention in her current location.
A senior Myanmar junta official said on Tuesday the showed that no one was above the law and the army chief had commuted her sentence on "grounds of humanity".
Information minister Maung Maung Ohn also told a virtual briefing that Myanmar's judicial system was impartial and Monday's sentencing of the Nobel laureate and former leader was according to the law.
Suu Kyi (76) was sentenced to four years in prison for incitement and breaching coronavirus regulations but the military junta leaders reduced it to a two-year term of detention in her current location.

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