Myanmar court docket postpones verdict in Suu Kyi corruption case

Suu Kyi, who was ousted by a military takeover in February final yr, might withstand 15 years in jail and a effective if convicted (File)

A court docket in military-ruled Myanmar on Tuesday postponed by a day delivering a verdict on the primary of just about a dozen corruption circumstances filed towards the nation’s former chief, Aung San Suu Kyi.

The court docket within the capital Naypyitaw didn’t give any cause for delaying the anticipated verdict till Wednesday, mentioned a authorized official who spoke on situation of anonymity as a result of he isn’t authorised to launch info. Suu Kyi’s trial has been closed to the general public, and her legal professionals barred from talking to the press.

Suu Kyi, who was ousted by a military takeover in February final yr, might withstand 15 years in jail and a effective if convicted.

She has denied the allegation that she had accepted gold and a whole bunch of hundreds of {dollars} given her as a bribe by a high political colleague.

Her supporters and unbiased authorized specialists have decried her prosecution as unjust and meant to maintain the 76-year-old Suu Kyi from returning to an lively function in politics.

She has already been sentenced to 6 years’ imprisonment in different circumstances and faces 10 further corruption expenses.

Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy get together gained a landslide victory within the 2020 common election, however lawmakers weren’t allowed to take their seats when the military seized energy on Feb. 1, 2021, arresting Suu Kyi and lots of senior colleagues in her get together and authorities.

The military claimed it acted as a result of there had been large electoral fraud, however unbiased election observers did not discover any main irregularities.

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