BANGKOK: Myanmar's military government plans to transfer ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi from a prison in the capital Naypyitaw to home confinement, part of a wider act to extend clemency to prisoners in connection with a religious ceremony next week, a security official said on Tuesday.

There has been no official confirmation of the plans, though journalists working for outlets friendly to the junta said they had heard the same information. News about Suu Kyi is tightly controlled by the military government, and even her lawyers are banned by a gag order from talking to the media about her cases.