The fallen Burmese leader was sentenced to seven years of incarceration for corruption, Friday, in the last part of her river trial.
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Prison sentences are multiplying against Aung San Suu Kyi. The deposed Burmese leader was sentenced by a court of the junta to additional seven years of incarceration for corruption, in the last part of her trial-fleumer, a total of thirty-three years behind bars, confirmed Friday at the ‘Agency France-Presse A judicial source.
The famous 77 -year -old opponent, who appeared in “good health” according to this source, could end up in prison a life marked by her fight for democracy. The winner of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize has been incarcerated since the military coup of 1 February 2021 which ended a brief period of freedom in this Southeast Asian country to an eventful history.
A court of the capital NAYYIDAW, which is exceptionally sits in the penitentiary center where M suu kyi was placed in isolation, recognized the former guilty leader on Friday of the five leaders of accusation of corruption targeting it.
In a helicopter rental case for a minister, she was accused of not having respected the rules and of having caused “a loss for the state”. “All of her business is finished, there are no more charges against her,” said a source that required anonymity.
Corruption, electoral fraud, violation of state secrets and anti-Cavid restrictions … Since the start of the legal proceedings started in June 2021, Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to multiple offenses. The end of his trial, eighteen months long and qualified as judicial simulacrum by human rights groups, opens up a new period of uncertainties in Burma, with the prospect of elections in 2023 promised by the junta, in quest for legitimacy.
The two most recent legislative elections, in 2015 and 2020, propelled to power the National League for Democracy, the emblematic party founded by Aung San Suu Kyi in the late 1980s. The army justified its blow of 2021 state by ensuring that he had discovered millions of irregular votes during the last ballot, considered generally free by international observers.
The project of the junta in power to organize new elections has been criticized by the United States, but hailed by Russia, its close ally and supplier of weapons.
The UN Security Council asked for the immediate release of Aung San Suu Kyi this month in its first resolution for decades on the situation in Burma. This call, which occurred in a rare moment of unity, was made possible thanks to the abstention of China and Russia, usual supporters of Naycyidaw, who have given up their veto right.
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The junta immediately accused the UN of wanting to “destabilize” the country. Since the putsch, the detainee has only been seen very rare times, in granular photos taken by the state media in an empty courtroom. The Nobel Peace Nobel could serve part of his underlying prison sentence, according to experts.
aung San Suu Kyi remains a popular figure in Burma, even if his international image was tarnished by his inability to defend the Muslim minority of the Rohingya, victims of army abuses in 2016 and 2017 – a “genocide” According to Washington. Burma sank after the coup in a period of chaos, with daily violence committed by the army and self -constituted militias that accuse each other of having killed hundreds of civilians.
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more than 2,600 people were killed by the repression led by the junta, according to a local NGO. Several rights defense groups have accused the Burmese army of launching air strikes on civilians, which constitutes war crimes. The army has counted 4,000 civilians killed for its part.