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YANGON (Myanmar): Police in Myanmar have charged deposed national leader Aung San Suu Kyi with having several illegally imported walkie-talkies in her home, legally allowing her to be held until Feb. 15, members of her party said Wednesday. Suu Kyi was detained Monday along with other senior politicians when the military staged a coup the day the newly elected Parliament was supposed to open its session. Party officials say she has not been moved from her residence, where she was being held under house arrest. The charges against Suu Kyi appear to carry a maximum sentence of two years in pr...

Myanmar charges Suu Kyi, giving legal basis to detain her February 4, 2021 GMT YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar authorities charged the country’s deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, with possessing illegally imported walkie-talkies, her allies said Wednesday, a move that gives the generals who overthrew her legal grounds to detain her for two weeks. The charge came to light two days after Suu Kyi was placed under house arrest and appeared to be an effort to lend a legal veneer to her detention, though the generals have previously kept her and others locked up for years. The military announced...

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi detained for 2 weeks under import-export laws following coup Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained for two weeks, according to her party’s spokesperson, two days after the country’s powerful armed forces seized control in a coup. Suu Kyi, who was the country’s de facto leader under the title state counsellor, was issued with an arrest warrant for breaching the country’s import and export laws. National League for Democracy (NLD) spokesperson Kyi Toe, posted on his Facebook account Wednesday that Suu Kyi would be detained until Febru...

Myanmar's Suu Kyi hit with import law charge after coup Issued on: 03/02/2021 - 12:04 2 min Yangon (AFP) A Myanmar court has charged ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi with breaching an import and export law, a spokesperson from her National League for Democracy (NLD) said Wednesday. The charges come days after the military staged a lightning coup, detaining Suu Kyi and Myanmar president Win Myint, and the army chief General Min Aung Hlaing was granted "legislative, judicial and executive powers". The swift power seizure effectively returns a nation at the edge of democracy to direct military r...

Aung San Suu Kyi, the Myanmar leader overthrown in a military coup two days ago, was on Wednesday charged with violating a trade rule, a party spokesman said. A court "ordered her to be remanded in custody for 14 days from February 1 to 15, accusing her of violating an import/export law," National League for Democracy (NLD) spokesman Kyi Toe wrote on Facebook. The violation is allegedly over illegally-imported radios. Former president Win Myint has meanwhile been charged with violating the Natural Disaster Management Act, Kyi Toe added. The military seized control of the country on Monday and...