A Myanmar junta court on Wednesday sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in jail for corruption, part of a barrage of criminal cases that could see the deposed civilian leader jailed for decades.
In this file photo taken on January 27, 2021, Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi looks on as health workers receive a vaccine for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a hospital in Naypyidaw. A Myanmar junta court on April 27, 2022 found ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of corruption and sentenced her to five years in prison, a source familiar with the matter said. STR / AFP
After two days of delays, the special court in the military-built capital Naypyidaw handed down its verdict and sentence at 9:30 am on Wednesday. The 76-year-old had already been sentenced to six years in jail for incitement against the military, breaching Covid-19 rules and breaking a telecommunications law — although she will remain under house arrest while she fights other charges.
“The days of Aung San Suu Kyi as a free woman are effectively over,” Phil Robertson Deputy Asia Director, Human Rights Watch told AFP. Independent Myanmar analyst David Mathieson said the junta was using the criminal cases to make Suu Kyi “politically irrelevant”.“This is politically motivated pure and simple.”
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