Burmese Justice sentences Suu Kyi to another three years in prison

BANGKOK, Oct. 12 (DPA/EP) –

The former Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi added a new sentence of three years in prison on Wednesday to a list of sentences that has only been extended since she was arrested in 2021, as a result of the coup that overthrew her government at the beginning. February.

The Asian country’s Justice, now controlled by the military junta, has found Suu Kyi guilty of corruption offences, according to judicial sources quoted by the DPA news agency.

In total, the Nobel Peace Prize winner already accumulates sentences of 26 years in prison for crimes of all kinds, which also include violation of the regulations against the COVID-19 pandemic, electoral fraud and violation of the law of secrecy. officers.

Suu Kyi has been isolated since June in a prison in the Burmese capital, Naypyidaw, and as on other occasions, the latest judicial process has taken place behind closed doors. Lawyers are not authorized to speak to the media.

The Burma Association for Assistance to Political Prisoners (AAPP) estimates that at least 2,340 people have been killed and more than 15,800 have been detained since the military coup.