The Naypyidaw Prison Court gave its final sentence to State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and President U Win Myint on Dec. 30. Burma’s elected leaders, who were arrested during the 2021 military coup, were given an additional seven years under Section 55 of the Anti-Corruption Law. Suu Kyi, 78, is now sentenced to …
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Suu Kyi and Kubota sentenced to three more years, Junta committee to crack down on resistance support
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to three more years; Now 26 years in prison and counting A Naypyidaw court sentenced ousted leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to another three years in prison for two corruption charges today. She was convicted for allegedly receiving a $500,000 USD bribe from businessman Maung …
Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to three more years; Now 26 years in prison and counting
A Naypyidaw court sentenced ousted leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to another three years in prison for two corruption charges today. She was convicted for allegedly receiving a $500,000 USD bribe from businessman Maung Weik. Although she was sentenced to three years each for two corruption charges, the court ordered the two charges to …
Suu Kyi and Turnell sentenced, needed petrol arrives in Yangon
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Sean Turnell and Aung San Suu Kyi receive prison sentences Aung San Suu Kyi, along with her economic advisor Sean Turnell, and three former ministers were sentenced to three years in prison by a military court in Naypyidaw. The five NLD members were charged for violating the Official Secrets Act. Australia’s …
Suu Kyi misses court date due to illness, hit with fresh corruption charge
Ousted State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi was yesterday once again unable to attend a hearing due to illness. The former leader was unable to take the stand to face charges relating to her alleged breaking of Burma’s Official Secrets Act. The crime carries a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison. Sources told the …
Suu Kyi Replaced For February ICJ Genocide Hearing
Sources in The Hague say Gambia’s attorney general has clarified that Aung San Suu Kyi has been removed from the legal team defending Burma in the Rohingya genocide case brought at the UN’s International Court of Justice (ICJ). Suu Kyi had famously referred to the 2017 events in Rakhine State as “intercommunal violence” against “insurgents …