By Reuters Staff
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(Reuters) -Myanmar’s deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been charged with breaking a colonial-era official secrets law, her lawyer said on Thursday, the most serious charge against the veteran opponent of military rule.
Myanmar has been rocked by protests since the army overthrew Suu Kyi’s elected government on Feb. 1 citing unsubstantiated claims of fraud in a November election that her party swept.
Suu Kyi and other members of her National League for Democracy (NLD) have been detained.
The junta had earlier accused her of several minor offences including illegally importing six handheld radios and breaching coronavirus protocols.
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