Yangon: A myanmar Junta court kills deposed civilian leader Aung Sano su ky Along with five new corruption charges allegedly related to the hiring and purchase of helicopters, sources close to the matter told AFP.
According to a local watchdog group, the Nobel laureate, 76, has been detained since the February 1 coup last year that sparked mass protests and bloody crackdowns on dissent that killed more than 1,400 civilians. Hui.
Suu Kyi faces a variety of criminal and corruption charges, including violating the country’s official secret laws, and could face more than 100 years in prison if convicted.
Sources said the charges were leveled against Suu Kyi on Friday afternoon and were related to the rental, maintenance and purchase of a helicopter.
He said the same allegations have been leveled against former Myanmar President U Win Myint.
In December, Myanmar’s state newspaper Global New Light said the pair would be prosecuted for not complying with financial regulations and causing damages to the state over the rent and purchase of a helicopter for former government minister Win Myat Aye.
The newspaper said they hired the helicopter from 2019 to 2021 and used it for only 84.95 hours out of 720 rental hours.
He is now in hiding along with other former MPs.
A Myanmar court on Monday convicted Suu Kyi of three criminal charges related to illegally importing and owning a walkie talkie and breaking coronavirus rules.
He was sentenced to four years in prison.
In December, he also received a two-year prison sentence for incitement against the military and other coronavirus violations.
A six-year prison term will likely prevent Suu Kyi from running in new military elections junta It has vowed to hold by August 2023.
Suu Kyi is expected to remain under house arrest as other legal matters progress.
Journalists have been barred from attending special court hearings in Naypyidaw and their lawyers were recently banned from speaking to the media.
The daughter of an independence hero, Suu Kyi spent nearly two decades under prolonged house arrest under former military rule.
His time in office was marred by his government’s handling of the Rohingya refugee crisis, in which hundreds of thousands fled to Bangladesh in 2017 as they faced rape, arson and additional killings at the hands of the Myanmar military.
Before the coup, Suu Kyi was on the verge of starting another five-year term as the country’s de facto leader. National League for Democracy Won a landslide victory in the November 2020 elections.
AFP seeks comment from Myanmar’s junta – which itself state administration council,
According to a local watchdog group, the Nobel laureate, 76, has been detained since the February 1 coup last year that sparked mass protests and bloody crackdowns on dissent that killed more than 1,400 civilians. Hui.
Suu Kyi faces a variety of criminal and corruption charges, including violating the country’s official secret laws, and could face more than 100 years in prison if convicted.
Sources said the charges were leveled against Suu Kyi on Friday afternoon and were related to the rental, maintenance and purchase of a helicopter.
He said the same allegations have been leveled against former Myanmar President U Win Myint.
In December, Myanmar’s state newspaper Global New Light said the pair would be prosecuted for not complying with financial regulations and causing damages to the state over the rent and purchase of a helicopter for former government minister Win Myat Aye.
The newspaper said they hired the helicopter from 2019 to 2021 and used it for only 84.95 hours out of 720 rental hours.
He is now in hiding along with other former MPs.
A Myanmar court on Monday convicted Suu Kyi of three criminal charges related to illegally importing and owning a walkie talkie and breaking coronavirus rules.
He was sentenced to four years in prison.
In December, he also received a two-year prison sentence for incitement against the military and other coronavirus violations.
A six-year prison term will likely prevent Suu Kyi from running in new military elections junta It has vowed to hold by August 2023.
Suu Kyi is expected to remain under house arrest as other legal matters progress.
Journalists have been barred from attending special court hearings in Naypyidaw and their lawyers were recently banned from speaking to the media.
The daughter of an independence hero, Suu Kyi spent nearly two decades under prolonged house arrest under former military rule.
His time in office was marred by his government’s handling of the Rohingya refugee crisis, in which hundreds of thousands fled to Bangladesh in 2017 as they faced rape, arson and additional killings at the hands of the Myanmar military.
Before the coup, Suu Kyi was on the verge of starting another five-year term as the country’s de facto leader. National League for Democracy Won a landslide victory in the November 2020 elections.
AFP seeks comment from Myanmar’s junta – which itself state administration council,
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