Former Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi has left prison and been transferred to house arrest. A spokesperson for the country's military authorities said that older prisoners are provided with "necessary care" during periods of heat.
It is therefore unclear whether this is a temporary measure or a real reduction in the sentence the 78-year-old Nobel Prize winner is serving. She was sentenced to 15 years in prison, but this was later reduced to 10 years. She is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence, which was also reduced to 9 years. The sentence was reduced to 8 years in 2010, but the sentence was again reduced to 7 years in 2012. The case is currently being heard at the International Court of Justice in the Supreme Court of Myanmar. The trial is expected to last until the end of September.