Myanmar junta court docket convicts Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption

A court docket in military-ruled Myanmar has convicted the nation’s former chief Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption, sources mentioned.

Former Myanmar chief Aung San Suu Kyi (File photograph)

A court docket in military-ruled Myanmar’s capital Naypyitaw on Wednesday, April 27, convicted the nation’s former chief Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption, sources mentioned.

Suu Kyi (76), who was ousted by a military takeover in February final 12 months, now faces as much as 15 years in jail and a superb.

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The case was round allegations that the Nobel laureate had accepted 11.4 kg of gold and money funds totalling $600,000 from her protege-turned-accuser, former Yangon chief minister Phyo Min Thein.

Suu Kyi now has not less than 10 extra corruption circumstances pending in opposition to her.

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

She has already been sentenced to imprisonment in different circumstances and faces 10 extra corruption expenses.

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

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

(With inputs from Reuters and AFP)