{"id":75484,"date":"2022-02-04T19:16:50","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T19:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=75484"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:16:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T19:16:50","slug":"myanmar-junta-files-eleventh-corruption-charge-against-suu-kyi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=75484","title":{"rendered":"Myanmar junta files eleventh corruption charge against Suu Kyi"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"News Desk:<\/strong> Myanmar's junta has filed an eleventh corruption charge against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, it said on Thursday, the latest in a slew of indictments against the Nobel laureate who faces more than 150 years in prison.<\/p>\n

Suu Kyi, 76, has been detained since the February 1 coup last year that triggered mass protests and a bloody crackdown on dissent with more than 1,500 civilians killed, according to a local monitoring group.<\/p>\n

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She has already been sentenced to six years in jail for incitement against the military, breaching Covid-19 rules and breaking a telecommunications law — although she will remain under house arrest while she fights other charges.<\/p>\n

Police filed a further corruption charge against Suu Kyi for allegedly receiving $550,000 as a donation for a charity foundation named after her mother, the junta's information team said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Each corruption charge carries a possible 15-year jail term.<\/p>\n

The junta statement gave no details on when court proceedings would begin.<\/p>\n

Suu Kyi is already on trial for breaching the official secrets act — where she is accused alongside detained Australian academic Sean Turnell — as well as several other corruption-related charges.<\/p>\n

This week the junta announced she will face a further trial beginning mid-February on charges of influencing the country's election commission during 2020 polls that saw her party defeat a military-aligned rival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News Desk: Myanmar’s junta has filed an eleventh corruption charge against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, it said on Thursday, the latest in a slew of indictments against the Nobel laureate who faces more than 150 years in prison. Suu Kyi, 76, has been detained since the February 1 coup last year that triggered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":75485,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n