The ousted leader of Myanmar’s ruling party, Aung San Suu Kyi who was accused of rigging the 2020 parliamentary elections, has been sentenced to four years in prison.
According to the Pak Sahafat news agency, quoted by Sputnik, a spokesman for Myanmar’s military government says Aung San Suu Kyi, the ousted leader of the ruling party, has been sentenced to four years in prison for inciting protests and violating anti-Corona laws.
Myanmar Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Min Tun said: “Suu Kyi has been sentenced to two years in prison under Article 505 of the law and to two more years under the Natural Disasters Act.”
“These people will face other charges as well,” he said, adding that former President Wayne Maint had been sentenced to four years in prison on the same charges, without elaborating.
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The National Democratic Union Party, led by Sochi, won parliamentary elections in February last year with 83 percent of the vote. The Myanmar military has denied the allegations, saying they were rigged and should be re-run. This led to internal strife and eventually a military coup in the country. The head of the Myanmar government was placed under house arrest in February 2021 after military rule in the country, and the armed forces accused him and his party of fraud and corruption.
Aung San Suu Kyi, winner of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, was Myanmar’s head of civilian rule until a military coup in February 2021. The military occupation of the country led to a wave of civil protests in which more than 1,180 people were killed in clashes with the military.