Military court finds Aung San Suu Kyi guilty over walkie talkie charges
A handout photo released on December 10, 2019 by the International Court of Justice shows Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi attending the start of a three-day hearing on the Rohingya genocide case before the UN International Court of Justice at the Peace Palace of The Hague. - Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi faced calls for Myanmar to "stop the genocide" of Rohingya Muslims as she personally led her country's defence at the UN's top court on December 10. (Photo by Frank Van BEEK / UN Photo/ICJ / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / UN Photo/ICJ/ Frank Van BEEK" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ---
Jan 10, 2022: A military court in Myanmar has convicted Aung San Suu Kyi, a civilian leader ousted in last February’s uprising, of at least three charges and sentenced her to four more years in prison.
The 76-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate was detained after the military took control of the country about a year ago and has been charged with nearly a dozen charges that critics say are politically motivated.
Legal sources said she was sentenced to two years in prison for holding a walkie-talkie without a license and two years for violating the Corona virus SOPS.
Aung San Suu Kyi, who denies all charges, is on trial and could face up to 100 years in prison if convicted for all the charges against her. Her lawyers were told last October not to talk about her case. She was convicted last month of “inciting” and violating the COVID-19 protocol, and was sentenced to four years in prison.
The sentence came after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s visit to Myanmar, during which he met with Man Aung Hlaing, who was sharply criticized by people inside Myanmar as well as civil society groups. Hun Sen, who took over the presidency of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) from Brunei earlier this year, did not meet with Aung San Suu Kyi, nor was there a mention in the joint statement.
The former ASEAN special envoy canceled his visit to Myanmar after generals refused to allow him to meet with them, prompting the group to send Man Aung Hlaing to its annual summit last year. The ASEAN generals have also been criticized for refusing to abide by the five-point agreement reached in April last year to resolve the country’s violent political crisis,
but there are concerns that Hun Sen, who wields almost unfettered power in Cambodia, will take an easier line.
Aung San Suu Kyi spent years under house arrest under Myanmar’s previous military regimes.
The military-drafted constitution that laid down the conditions for the country’s democratic reforms excluded her from the presidency because she married a UK citizen and her two children are British.
Min Aung Hlaing has sought to justify his coup by claiming fraud in the November 2020 elections the returned Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party to power in a landslide. The elections commission said there was no evidence of wrongdoing in the poll.
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