Myanmar’s junta sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday to another six years in prison for corruption, a source with knowledge of the case said, taking the Nobel laureate’s total jail time to 26 years.
Suu Kyi, 77, has been detained since the generals toppled her government in a coup on February 1 of last year, ending the Southeast Asian country’s brief period of democracy.
Maung Weik — who was convicted of drug trafficking in 2008 — also said he had donated money to senior figures in Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy government for the good of his business. A spokesperson for Amnesty International on Wednesday slammed the trial as a sham that “cannot be taken seriously”.
Suu Kyi has been the face of Myanmar’s democratic hopes for more than 30 years and was previously a political prisoner. The Southeast Asian nation has been in turmoil since the military seized power, sparking widespread armed resistance.
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