Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to four years in prison. This is the first in a series of verdicts that could jail her for life. Suu Kyi was found guilty on charges of inciting dissent and breaking Covid rules under a natural disasters law. She faces 11 charges in total, which she has denied, and they have been widely condemned as unjust.
The former Myanmar leader has been under house arrest since a military coup in February which toppled her elected civilian government. Co-defendant the former president and Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy, NLD, party ally, Win Myint, was also jailed on Monday for four years under the same charges.
Chidozie Chima | August 29, 2024
