Myanmar court extends Suu Kyi's imprisonment by seven years as secret trials conclude

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On Friday, a regime-controlled court in Myanmar sentenced jailed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to an additional seven years in prison, concluding the bombardment of legal proceedings she has endured since her ousting over two years ago.

Her final convictions were on five accusations of suspected corruption relating to her administration's rental and purchase of helicopters for disaster relief management.

Suu Kyi, 77, was sentenced to three years in prison on each of the first four counts, to be served concurrently, and an additional four years on the fifth count. The specifics of the regime's claims against her were unknown as the military muzzled her defense attorneys.

Since the military ousted her National League for Democracy (NLD) party's elected civilian government on February 1, 2021, Suu Kyi has been in junta detention. Since then, she has been sentenced to 33 years in prison for 19 offenses, including 12 for alleged corruption during her office.

Publish : 2022-12-30 13:19:00

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