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AAA Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in court in person Monday for the first time since the military arrested her when it seized power on Feb. 1, Myanmar media reported.
One of her lawyers, Min Min Soe, told The Associated Press by phone that Ms. Suu Kyi was able to meet with her defence team before her hearing began at a special court set up inside the city council building in Naypyitaw, the capital. The hearing’s purpose was procedural.
The lawyers also met with Win Myint, who was president in the government that Ms. Suu Kyi led as state counsellor, and a defendant on some of the same charges she faces.
At Miss Universe Pageant, Myanmar s Contestant Pleads Our People Are Being Shot by Military I would like to urge everyone to speak about Myanmar. As Miss Universe Myanmar since the coup, I have been speaking out as much as I can, she said.
Ma Thuzar Wint Lwin, Miss Universe Myanmar, holds the Pray for Myanmar sign during Miss Universe pageant s national costume show, in Hollywood, Florida, U.S., May 13, 2021 in this screengrab taken from a handout video. Courtesy MISS UNIVERSE/Handout via Reuters
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Myanmar’s Miss Universe contestant, Thuzar Wint Lwin, used the pageant on Sunday to urge the world to speak out against the military junta, whose security forces have killed hundreds of opponents since it seized power in a February 1 coup.