Myanmar Junta To Put Aung San Suu Kyi On Trial For Corruption

\Myanmar Junta To Put Aung San Suu Kyi On Trial For Corruption

Yangon: Myanmar's junta will put ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on trial for corruption, her lawyer said Friday, adding to a raft of ongoing cases that could see her jailed for decades.

Suu Kyi, the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate,has been under house arrest since she and her elected government were deposed by the military in a February coup that sparked a mass uprising and a brutal crackdown on dissent.

A coup d'état in Myanmar began on the morning of 1 February 2021, when democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were deposed by the Tatmadaw—Myanmar's military—which then vested power in a stratocracy.

 

Is Aung San Su Kyi in contact with 'Amnesty' ??? - Does she have adequate access to legal representation ???

 

They chose her for a reason, and this is your bailiwick, so your thoughts are much appreciated.

 

Yes matey, as well as being a 'Socialist' I'm also an Internationalist.

 

Yes, she seems to be having access to legal representation and a lawyer for her.

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The charges against her are mainly superficial including bribery, illegal import of walkie-talkies for her bodyguards, sedition ( against the military dictatorship ) and so on.

The February military coup has created a mass uprising against the Junta, and over a thousand people have been killed.

 

The coup was reported on the news here at the time, but has subsequently dropped off the bottom of the page - so please keep us all up-dated with important news events in Myanmar as we seldom hear it.