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YANGON, Myanmar — A Myanmar court today found pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of violating her house arrest, but the head of the military-ruled country says she can serve out a 1 1/2-year sentence under house arrest.
The court had initially sentenced Suu Kyi to a three-year prison term. But after a five-minute recess, the country’s home minister entered the courtroom and read aloud a special order from junta chief Than Shwe changing the sentence.
Suu Kyi has been in detention for 14 of the past 20 years, mostly under house arrest.
Meantime, an American on trial with Suu Kyi was taken back to prison after a week in the hospital. An official said John Yettaw was discharged from Yangon General Hospital on Monday night.
