Aung San Suu Kyi moved from a Myanmar prison to house arrest due to heat wave

Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi (Aung Shine Oo/ AP File)

Myanmar’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest as a health measure due to a heat wave, the military government said.

Ms Suu Kyi, 78, and Win Myint, the 72-year-old former president of her ousted government, were among the elderly and infirm prisoners moved from out of prison because of the severe heat, a military spokesperson told foreign media representatives late on Tuesday.