BANGKOK (AFP) – Myanmar’s junta leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s prison sentence was reduced to two years on Saturday after a court sentenced him to four years for inciting anti-army and violating COVID-19 regulations.
Suu Kyi, 76, has been in custody since the military coup and oust of her government on Feb. 1, ending the country’s brief democracy.
since then Suu Kyi has been charged with many charges. including violating government secrets laws Illegal import of Walkie-Talkie radios and electoral fraud
On Monday, Suu Kyi was sentenced to two years in prison for inciting an anti-military campaign and two years for violating the COVID-19-related natural disasters law, junta spokesman Zaw Min Tun told AF. P by phone
Former President Win Myint was also sentenced to four years in prison for the same charge the United States has denounced as an insult to justice.
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, leader of the military government Pardoned, reducing the prison sentences for the couple to two years, according to a statement posted on state television.
The statement stated that They will serve their sentences under house arrest in Naypyidaw.
The verdict on sedition charges relates to a statement by Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party released shortly after the coup condemning the general’s takeover. Allegations against COVID-19 It is linked to last year’s election, where the NLD won by a landslide. But details of the case were unclear as the government issued a gag order not to disclose information about the court proceedings.
Journalists have also been barred from attending a special court hearing in Naypyitaw. And Suu Kyi’s lawyer was recently banned from talking to the media.
In the past few weeks Other senior NLD members have served long prison sentences. The former chief minister was sentenced to 75 years in prison, while Suu Kyi’s close aide was sentenced to 20 years.
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