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Suu
Kyi has been on trial since June last year and in recent weeks
has been sentenced to a combined six years in detention by a
court in the capital Naypyitaw, in legal proceedings derided by
the international community as a sham.
Supporters of the 76-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner say the
military that overthrew her elected government in a coup nearly
a year ago is seeking to discredit her through the trial and
kill off any chance of a return to political life.
The new cases, which apply also to ousted president and Suu Kyi
ally Win Myint, centre on the hiring of a helicopter while in
office, according to the source, who declined to be identified
because they were not authorised to speak to media.
The Oxford-educated Suu Kyi is on trial in nearly a dozen cases
that carry combined maximum sentences of more than 100 years in
prison.
She was on Monday sentenced to four years in jail on charges
including possession of unlicensed walkie-talkies and was last
month sentenced to two years for incitement. She denies all
charges.
Her trial is being held behind closed doors and state media and
the junta have provided few public updates on the proceedings. A
gag order has been placed on her legal team.
A military spokesman could not be reached for comment and made
no mention of the charges during a three-hour news conference
earlier on Friday.
The junta has previously said Suu Kyi was being given due
process. The military has not disclosed where Suu Kyi, who spent
years under house arrest under a previous military government,
is being detained.
(Reporting by Reuters Staff; Writing by Martin Petty; Editing by
Alex Richardson)
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