But a short time later, the government announced that the country's leader, Senior General Than Shwe, had ordered the sentence commuted to 1 1/2 years under house arrest.

VOA: standard.2009.08.11

What is it? Yes, thank you: commuted, not transmuted.

什么？，是，谢谢你：,不是改变是减刑了。

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