Updated Lawyers: Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to face more corruption charges
BANGKOK (AP) Lawyers for ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Monday they have been informed by the military-installed government that four new charges of corruption have been filed against her.
The military overthrew Suu Kyi’s elected government in February and arrested her and top members of her National League for Democracy party, including President Win Myint. Widespread popular resistance against the military takeover is continuing, despite harsh measures by the security forces to quash it.
Since the takeover, the new government has filed a number of criminal charges against Suu Kyi, who is in detention, and several of her colleagues.
UN urges reconciliation, Aung San Suu Kyi faces more charges
According to her lawyers, Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi is facing four other criminal charges brought in a court in Mandalay, the country’s second largest city, because the United Nations has called for the violence The ravaged Southeast Asian countries reconciled.
Attorney Min Min Soe told Reuters on Monday that Aung San Suu Kyi’s legal team had little information about the latest allegations, except that these allegations were related to corruption, and two other allegations were also directed against her former government minister, Min Thu.
In this Dec. 14, 2018, file photo, ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrives to attend the Myanmar Entrepreneurship Summit at the Myanmar International Convention Center in Naypyidaw, Myanmar. (AP Photo)
BANGKOK Lawyers for ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Monday they have been informed by the military-installed government that four new charges of corruption have been filed against her.
The military overthrew Suu Kyi’s elected government in February and arrested her and top members of her National League for Democracy party, including President Win Myint. Widespread popular resistance against the military takeover is continuing, despite harsh measures by the security forces to quash it.
2021/07/13 08:38 BANGKOK (AP) Lawyers for ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Monday they have been informed by the military-installed government that four new charges of corruption have been filed against her. The military overthrew Suu Kyi’s elected government in February and arrested her and top members of her National League for Democracy party, including President Win Myint. Widespread popular resistance against the military takeover is continuing, despite harsh measures by the security forces to quash it. Since the takeover, the new government has filed a number of criminal charges against Suu Kyi, who is in detention, and several of her colleagues.
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