Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to 4 years in prison for selling walkie-talkies

Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced by a Myanmar-led military court to four years in prison on three counts of aggravated burglary and possession of walkie-talkies.

Walkie-talkies were found in plot at the state house of a leader who was ousted from Naypyidaw headquarters during the coup in February.

A source close to the court’s decision told the Financial Times that Monday he was sentenced to two years in prison for violating a Myanmar law and one year for violating Myanmar law.

The verdict should be handed down simultaneously, according to a person who spoke anonymously because the military has barred former president’s lawyers from speaking to reporters.

He was also sentenced to another two years under the Myanmar Disaster Management Act for violating the coronavirus, meaning that a 76-year-old politician has served four years in all three cases.

Human Rights Watch called the ruling “a secret court of law on false charges” seeking to detain him. in prison forever, and described the passion of walkie-talkies as “strange”.

Phil Robertson, HRW’s deputy director for Asia, said: “General Min Aung Hlaing and junta leaders obviously still see him as a major political threat that needs to be addressed.

Myanmar is now barred from prosecuting the perpetrator of any crime.

The reign of Min Aung Hlaing has brought about a dozen cases against Aung San Suu Kyi from February 1. Last month he was given a sentence of four years for promoting non-compliance with the military and for violating the country’s disaster management laws. Min Aung Hlaing reduced the sentence to two years.

Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained by the government in an undisclosed location since he was arrested along with several other officials who were elected on the morning of the coup, including President Win Myint and Sean Turnell, an Australian student who was his financial advisor.

Nobel laureate, still a well-known figure in Myanmar and leading the National League for Democracy the second victory in the election in 2020, she was given limited access to lawyers.

The Min Aung Hlaing regime has killed more than 1,400 people and detained more than 11,000 since the coup, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.

The Association of Southeast Asia Nations, a regional group now led by Cambodian President Hun Sen, is spearheading unsuccessful efforts to end the political crisis that has erupted over the coup.

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