Former President of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, woes continue. The embattled former president’s sentence has been extended.
According to reports, the former Myanmar president has faced many corruption charges since being ousted. She has been given an additional seven years sentence.
The verdict on Friday, December 30 is the final punishment meted out to the 77-year-old, a democratically elected leader who has opposed decades of military rule. She led Myanmar for five years before being forced from power in a violent coup in early 2021.
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Suu Kyi was found guilty of corruption in the purchase, repair and rental of a helicopter for use during natural disasters. She is also accused of state affairs, including rescues and emergencies.
She was previously been convicted of multiple offences, including electoral fraud and receiving bribes. The former present has said she is facing political witch-hunting.
The convictions aim to both permanently sideline (Suu Kyi), as well as undermine and ultimately negate her NLD (National League for Democracy) party’s landslide victory in the November 2020 election,” Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director for Human Rights Watch, said in a statement Friday.From start to finish, the junta grabbed whatever it could to manufacture cases against her with full confidence that the country’s kangaroo courts would come back with whatever punitive judgments the military wanted.
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) called on the military junta to release all political prisoners. Two former presidents, Suu Kyi and former President Win Myint. The Southeast Asian country since its independence has gone through tough times.
