Ousted Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to another seven years in jail as her long series of trials ended on Friday, with the Nobel laureate now facing more than three decades behind bars.
A prisoner of the military since a coup last year, Suu Kyi, 77, has been convicted on every charge levelled against her ranging from corruption to illegally possessing walkie-talkies and flouting COVID restrictions.
"All her cases were finished and there are no more charges against her," said the source, who requested anonymity as they were not authorized to speak to the media. Former Myanmar president Win Myint, who was co-accused with Suu Kyi in the latest trial, received the same sentence, the source said, adding that both would appeal.
Last week the United Nations Security Council called on the junta to release Suu Kyi in its first resolution on the situation in Myanmar since the coup. "The question now will be what to do with Aung San Suu Kyi," said Richard Horsey of the International Crisis Group. Suu Kyi's convictions "aim to both permanently sideline her, as well as undermine and ultimately negate her NLD party's landslide victory," said Phil Robertson of Human Rights Watch.
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