Myanmar junta court delays verdict in Aung San Suu Kyi corruption trial

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YANGON: A Myanmar junta court on Monday (Apr 25) postponed giving its first verdict in the corruption trial of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a junta spokesman told AFP, a case which

of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a junta spokesman told AFP, a case which could see the Nobel laureate jailed for 15 years.

She has since been hit with a series of charges, including violating the official secrets act, corruption and electoral fraud, and she faces decades in jail if convicted on all counts. Suu Kyi has already been handed a six-year sentence for violating COVID-19 rules and walkie-talkie import regulations - likely excluding the popular leader from elections the junta has said it plans to hold by next year.

 

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