Junta Authorities in Yangon prohibit a lawyer from Aung San Suu Kyi's defense team from talking to the media, foreign diplomats, and international NGOs. Authorities claim her comments affect the stability of Myanmar.

Yangon-based lawyer, Daw San Mar Lar Nyunt, was forced to sign a document on Friday by the district and township officials and police after taking her from her relative's home. The document she signed said that she would not talk to “both domestic and foreign media, foreign diplomats and international non-governmental organizations.”

Another Yangon-based lawyer said about the incident on the condition of anonymity.

The letter was witnessed by the administrator of Yangon’s Kyauktada Township, as well as the district administrator.

However, other lawyers who are part of Suu Kyi's defense team have said they have received no such warning.

“We haven’t been warned as such,” said U Khin Maung Zaw, a Naypyitaw advocate who is part of the ousted State Counselor’s defense team.

Lar Nyunt did not say why she was the only lawyer who was singled out. “I was told that my words hurt the stability of the country," she said.

 Lar Nyunt has been a media-friendly lawyer who shared the progress of the trials after each hearing.

The lawyer anonymous lawyer said that the action of the military regime violates the 2008 condition which was drafted by the former Military regime. The 2008 constitution grants everyone a Right to Free Speech.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was detained by the military in the early morning of Feb. 1, just hours before their coup. She faces trials on five charges, including alleged possession of illegal walkie-talkies, breaching COVID-19 restrictions, and sedition. She has also been charged with corruption and breaching the Official Secrets Act.