Aung San Suu Kyi is financially strapped, unaware of his whereabouts and unaware of the unrest in his country, according to his lawyer.
The trial of the ousted 75-year-old Myanmar leader is set to begin on Monday in Myanmar’s capital, Nayanmar, where he is facing a series of high-profile cases since his government forces to seize.
“They don’t know – I mean they don’t understand – what’s going on in Burma,” Khin Maung Zaw, his attorney general, told the Financial Times, using Myanmar’s old name, where thousands of people have been arrested by the government for using force to kill others.
He said Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been on trial since February 1, had been transferred from his office in Myanmar’s capital to an undisclosed location the night before. first appearance in court on May 24.
The former Myanmar leader has left his home where he lives with his dog Taichito, he said, and asked their legal team to find medicine and food “to be able to” at the meeting last week.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s relatives, including children in the UK and US, are in contact with the UK Foreign Office, “but they do not believe any information has been received from him”, according to a source close to the couple, who asked not to be named.
The arrest of the former leader and prosecution military government shows the dramatic transformation of the Nobel laureate and national leader, whose National League for Democracy won elections in 2015 and 2020. His mistakes could prevent him from standing.
“The case is obviously fraudulent, and the only reason the military has announced the date is because of pressure from other countries,” said Manny Maung, an Asian researcher with Human Rights Watch. “They gladly keep Aung San Suu Kyi from being detained for so long.”
Junta officials have charged him with five counts, including the illegal entry of walkie talkies and electronic devices found in his home when he was arrested, and of violating Myanmar’s environmental law in violation of Covid-19 rules at last year’s conference.
When he first appeared in court last month he was detained in a cell in a state house being humiliated for appearing in court, without lawyers.
Last week government officials launched a new investigation into corruption against him and three other high-profile officials in the misuse of public funds and funds at the Daw Khin Kyi Foundation, a charitable organization set up in honor of his deceased mother.
According to a report by the government-run Global New Light of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi paid “cheap at a reasonable price to rent a place”, and built her a home to spend money from the public. The report said the ousted leader in Myanmar received $ 600,000 and 11.4kg of gold.
His lawyer denied the allegations of bribery and corruption as “baseless” and “baseless”.
“From my experience. . . I have never met a more honest and incorruptible ruler than Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, “said Khin Maung Zaw.” He may have his faults, but greed and corruption are not (some) in his nature. “
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