|
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi was one of 16 people, mostly
former election commissioners, accused of involvement in
"electoral processes, electoral fraud and lawless actions" some
of which involved threatening local officials, according to
Tuesday's announcement in state media.
Suu Kyi, who was arrested in the hours before the military's
Feb. 1 coup, is facing 11 criminal cases with maximum sentences
that total more than a century in jail. Those include corruption
and violating the Official Secrets Act.
She appeared in court in the capital Naypyitaw on Tuesday during
which a Nov. 30 date was set for delivering the first verdict in
the cases against her, on the charge of incitement, according to
a source with knowledge of the proceedings.
That case alleges Suu kyi and deposed President Win Myint were
involved in the dissemination in the days after the coup of an
unsigned letter bearing their names, which urged foreign
countries not to recognise the junta.
They deny involvement because they were being held incommunicado
at the time.
Their trials are taking place behind closed doors and defence
lawyers, previously the only source of information on the
proceedings, are currently the subjects of a gag order.
The military said it took power because its complaints of fraud
by Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party, which won last
year's election in a landslide, were being ignored by the
election commission. The NLD says it won fairly.
(Editing Martin Petty and Sanjeev Miglani)
[© 2021 Thomson Reuters. All rights
reserved.] Copyright 2021 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Thompson Reuters is solely responsible for this content.
|
|
