Ousted Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to another seven years in jail as her long series of trials ended on Friday, with the Nobel laureate now facing more than three decades behind bars. A prisoner of the military since a coup last year, Suu Kyi, 77, has been convicted on every charge […]
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Myanmar junta sentences Suu Kyi to 6 more years for corruption
Myanmar junta sentences Suu Kyi to 6 more years for corruption: Myanmar’s junta sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday to another three 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 […]
Myanmar army’s admission of killings a ‘positive step’: Suu Kyi
YANGON (AFP) – Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has welcomed an unprecedented army admission that security forces carried out extra-judicial killings of Rohingya Muslims as a “positive step”, state-backed media reported Saturday. After months of staunch denials of abuse, the army on Wednesday said a probe found four members of the security forces […]