Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi faces 33 years in jail as months-long trials end
- A military court found her guilty of five charges of corruption related to the purchase and maintaining of a helicopter, adding seven more years to her sentence
- The United Nations Security Council has called on the junta to release Suu Kyi in its first resolution on the situation in Myanmar since the coup
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Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to 7 more years in jail, faces a combined 33-year term
“All her cases were finished and there are no more charges against her,” said the source, who requested anonymity as they were not authorised to speak to the media.
Suu Kyi – who has now been jailed for 33 years – appeared in good health, the source added.
Journalists have been barred from attending the court hearings and Suu Kyi’s lawyers have been banned from speaking to the media.
Since her trial began, she has been seen only once – in grainy state media photos from a bare courtroom – and has been reliant on lawyers to relay messages to the world.
Many in Myanmar’s democracy struggle, which she has dominated for decades, have abandoned her core principle of non-violence, with “People’s Defence Forces” clashing regularly with the military across the country.