The
latest conviction for Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi brings
her prison term to 33 years after 18-month-long court trials.
Suu Kyi’s trial in the capital
Naypyitaw was closed to the media, diplomats and spectators, and her
lawyers were barred from speaking to the press.
(AP Archive)
A
Myanmar junta court has jailed ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi
for seven years for corruption, ending the 18-month trial of the Nobel
laureate.
Suu Kyi was sentenced to seven years on five counts of
corruption on Friday related to the hiring and maintaining of a
helicopter that had caused a "loss to the state", a legal source said,
adding there were "no more charges" against her.
Suu Kyi has been a
prisoner since the generals toppled her government in February last
year, ending the Southeast Asian nation's brief experiment with
democracy.
The Nobel laureate, 77, has already been found guilty
on a raft of charges ranging from corruption to illegally importing
walkie-talkies and breaching the official secrets act and has been
jailed for 26 years.
Journalists have been barred from the proceedings, which rights groups have slammed as a sham designed to remove Suu Kyi from Myanmar's political scene.
Each
offence carries a maximum jail term of 15 years. In previous corruption
cases, the court has generally sentenced Suu Kyi to three years per
charge.
Last week, in the United Nations Security Council's first
resolution on the situation in Myanmar since the coup, it called on the
junta to release Suu Kyi.
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.
Country in turmoil
Suu Kyi is currently
imprisoned in a compound in the capital Naypyidaw, close to the
courthouse where her trial is being held and has been deprived of her
household staff and pet dog Taichido.
Since the coup, she has largely disappeared from public view, seen only in grainy state media photos from the bare courtroom.
The
country has been plunged into turmoil, with some established ethnic
rebel groups renewing fighting with the military in border areas, and
the economy in tatters.
"People's Defence Forces" eschewing Suu
Kyi's strict policy of non-violence have also sprung up to battle the
junta and have surprised the military with their effectiveness,
observers say.Analysts say the junta may allow Suu Kyi to serve some of her sentence
under house arrest while it prepares for elections it has said will take
place next year.
The military alleged there was widespread voter fraud during 2020
polls won resoundingly by Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party,
although international observers said the elections were largely free
and fair.
More than 2,600 people have been killed in a crackdown by the military on dissent, according to a local monitoring group.
Rights
groups have accused the military of extrajudicial killings and
launching air strikes on civilians that amount to war crimes.
The junta meanwhile, says that "terrorists" have killed over 4,000 civilians.
Source: AFP
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