Military-ruled Myanmar hands Aung San Suu Kyi more prison time

The Nobel laureate has now been sentenced to 26 years in jail in whole and nonetheless has a number of prison circumstances excellent.

Protesters present the three-finger salute and maintain photographs of jailed Myanmar chief Aung San Suu Kyi throughout an illustration in opposition to Myanmar army authorities in July 2022 [File: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP]

Myanmar’s Nobel laureate and deposed chief Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to an additional three years in jail by a court docket within the military-ruled nation, bringing her mixed jail time period to 26 years.

Charged with accepting bribes, a court docket on Wednesday discovered the 77-year-old responsible on two counts of corruption and sentenced her to a few years in jail on every depend.

Nevertheless, the court docket dominated that the sentences would run concurrently, which means that three years have been added to her already hefty jail sentence which now stands at 26 years.

Aung San Suu Kyi has referred to as the accusations in opposition to her absurd and denied any wrongdoing.

Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to 26 years in jail thus far and has a number of court docket circumstances ongoing in opposition to her [File: Ye Aung Thu/AFP]

She is being held in solitary confinement within the nation’s capital, Naypyidaw, and her trials have been performed in closed courts. She can also be on trial for 5 different corruption prices.

Al Jazeera’s Tony Cheng, reporting from Bangkok, stated the allegations in opposition to Aung San Suu Kyi had been made by a distinguished businessman who had himself run into hassle with authorities previously.

“He stated he visited her home on various events. Left parcels wrapped in black paper with sums ranging between 100 and 150,000 US dollars for her in return for preferential therapy in authorities tenders his firm had made,” Cheng stated.

“These accusations had been truly broadcast dwell on Myanmar TV after the coup. He himself is a relatively doubtful witness or witness of questionable high quality. He’s beforehand served jail phrases for drug possession. Nonetheless, she was discovered responsible on each prices at the moment,” Cheng stated.

Cheng stated the target of the court docket verdicts and sentences seemed to be geared toward eradicating Aung San Suu Kyi “utterly from the political scene”.

Opponents of the army have lengthy stated the fees in opposition to Aung San Suu Kyi are geared toward blocking her from ever getting concerned in politics once more or making an attempt to problem the army’s grip on energy.

“I feel they know very properly that if there was any type of election and Aung San Suu Kyi was on the poll paper, she would win overwhelmingly as she has carried out previously,” Cheng stated.

Multiple million individuals have been displaced because the coup in February 2021, based on the United Nations, greater than 2,300 individuals have been killed and over 15,000 jailed, based on screens.