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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi sentenced to 4 extra years in jail

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A courtroom in Myanmar sentenced ousted chief Aung San Suu Kyi to 4 extra years in jail on Monday after discovering her responsible of illegally importing and possessing walkie-talkies and violating coronavirus restrictions, a authorized official stated.

Suu Kyi was convicted final month on two different prices and given a four-year jail sentence, which was then halved by the pinnacle of the military-installed authorities.
The circumstances are amongst a couple of dozen introduced in opposition to the 76-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate because the military seized energy final February, ousting her elected authorities.
Suu Kyi’s supporters say the fees in opposition to her are contrived to legitimize the army’s actions and forestall her from returning to politics