Lawyer for Myanmar's Suu Kyi worried over representation for secrets case

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'We have concerns that they won't have any legal representatives and there won't be any transparency with hearing.'

Khing Maung Zaw said the Supreme Court had announced cases to be heard on June 23 against Suu Kyi and four others, including her Australian economic adviser, Sean Turnell, but had listed all of them as representing themselves.

"Normally, they should contact the defendants and need to give the opportunity to the defendants to contact their lawyers before they announce the case."The secrets charges are the most serious ones facing Suu Kyi, 75, and could mean a 14-year jail sentence. She appeared in court for the first time since the coup this month on lesser charges, which include breaking COVID-19 protocols.

The army overthrew Suu Kyi on Feb. 1, cutting short a decade of democratic reforms that resulted from a long campaign for democracy that made her a national heroine and won her the Nobel peace prize.

 

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