A total of 33 years in prison for Suu Kyi
The last verdicts have probably been made against the ousted head of government of Myanmar: Accordingly, the 77-year-old Aung San Suu Kyi should be in prison for a total of 33 years. Your lawyers want to appeal.
A court controlled by the military junta in Myanmar has found the ousted Prime Minister Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of several allegations of corruption and sentenced him to a further seven years in prison. This is reported by several media unanimously.
A total of probably 33 years in prison
All in all, the Nobel Peace Prize winner was sentenced to 33 years in prison for various alleged offenses, including incitement to riot. A judicial source told AFP that Aung San Suu Kyi has been convicted of five charges related to helicopter rental and maintenance.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s trial has now come to an end, the source said: “There are no further charges against her.” A person familiar with the process, for example, told the dpa news agency, that these were the last judgments in a total of 19 proceedings that had been initiated against the 77-year-old.
Lawyers want to appeal
The lawyers of the former head of government announced that they would appeal. Aung San Suu Kyi has been in solitary confinement in a prison in the capital Naypyidaw for six months after being placed under house arrest following the February 2021 military coup.
The process started in June 2021. The trials were held behind closed doors, and Aung San Suu Kyi’s lawyers were not allowed to speak to media representatives.
Well “in good health”
A judicial source was quoted by the AFP news agency as saying the Nobel Peace Prize winner appeared to be in good health. So far it has been largely unclear how Aung San Suu Kyi is doing: she has only been seen once since the beginning of the trial – in blurred photos taken by the state media from a courtroom.
Charges as junta’s attempt to secure power?
Observers spoke of show trials and saw the charges as an attempt by the junta to secure its own power. The generals justified their overthrow with alleged fraud in the November 2020 election, which Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy party had clearly won. They presented no evidence.
The junta is trying to use all its might to suppress popular resistance. Again and again she acts brutally against opponents. According to the prisoner aid organization AAPP, more than 2,600 people have been killed and more than 16,600 arrested since the coup.
