Myanmar court delays verdict in Aung San Suu Kyi trial

On Apr 25, 2022

A Myanmar court delayed its first verdict on Monday, in the corruption trial of leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose elected government was removed in a February 2021 coup.

Myanmar military spokesman Zaw Min Tun said, “There was no verdict today in the corruption trial in which Suu Kyi is accused of accepting a bribe of $600,000 in cash and gold bars from The former chief minister of Yangon.”

The 76-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner has been detained since the generals’ power grab put an end to the country’s brief period of democracy.

She has since been hit with a series of charges, including violating the official secrets act, corruption and electoral fraud. She faces decades in prison if convicted on all counts.

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.

Al-Jazeera