International
oi-Madhuri Adnal
Naypyitaw, June 10: Myanmar’s military junta charged ousted democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi with corruption on Thursday, state media reported.
The Anti-Corruption Commission accused the 75-year-old Nobel laureate of having accepted illegal payments of gold and $600,000 (€493,000) in cash.
Suu Kyi has been in custody since the military took power in a coup on February 1 and faces a slew of other criminal charges.
The trials against her are expected to start in earnest on Monday in the capital Naypyitaw with evidence hearings.
What do the new charges include?
Case files regarding the charges were opened in the capital city on Wednesday, the state-run newspaper Global New Light of Myanmar reported. The charges carry a potential 15-year prison sentence.
“She was found guilty of committing corruption using her rank. So she was charged under Anti-Corruption Law section…
