Supporters say cases against the deposed leader are an attempt to discredit her and legitimise the military’s seizure of power
has gone on trial in a new corruption case against her, alleging she took $550,000 in bribes from a construction magnate.
Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained since the army ousted her elected government in February 2021 and has not been seen or allowed to speak in public since then. She is being tried in closed sessions and herShe has already been sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment after being convicted of, violating coronavirus restrictions, sedition and another corruption charge.
Ye Htet, an official from the Anti-Corruption Commission who is a plaintiff in the case, gave testimony in Monday’s proceedings, said the legal official, who said payments Maung Weik made in 2019 and 2020 were being treated as separate counts.
Under Aung San Suu Kyi’s government, Maung Weik won a major development project that included the construction of houses, restaurants, hospitals, economic zones, port and hotel zones in Myanmar’s central Mandalay region.
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