Eighteen months of trials have ended for Aung San Suu Kyi. She has been sentenced to a further seven years in jail in a closed trial.
A prisoner of the military since the 2021 coup, Suu Kyi has been convicted on every charge levelled against her.A Myanmar junta court wrapped up its trial of ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday, a legal source told AFP, with the Nobel laureate jailed for a total of 33 years.
"All her cases were finished and there are no more charges against her," said the source, who requested anonymity as they were not authorised to speak to the media. The road leading to the prison holding Suu Kyi in the military-built capital Naypyidaw was clear of traffic ahead of the verdict, said an AFP correspondent in the city.A migrant worker from Myanmar holds a photo of Aung San Suu Kyi at a rally outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok on 19 December 2022. Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to a further seven years in jail.
It was a moment of relative unity by the council after permanent members and close junta allies China and Russia abstained, opting not to wield vetoes following amendments to the wording.The corruption charges were "ridiculous," said Htwe Htwe Thein, an associate professor at Curtin University in Australia.
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