Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has denied allegations that the country’s military government incited civil unrest in his first court appearance since a February coup that sparked a decade of democratic reform.
BBC Radio Burma and Myanmar Now quoted Myanmar’s de facto ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi as saying that Sochi has denied any wrongdoing in connection with a letter issued by its party in February urging international organizations not to cooperate with the military council.
Myanmar state media have not reported on developments in Aung San Suu Kyi‘s numerous legal cases, and Sochi lawyer Xin Maung-zaw, the only source of public information about her trial and health, was silenced by military officials earlier this month.
The order came after ousted Myanmar’s ousted President Wayne Mint testified in court earlier this month that the military had ordered her to resign hours before the coup, warning that otherwise this will have consequences.
The lawyer stressed that Aung San Suu Kyi asked him to publish Wayne Mint’s testimony to the public.
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Suu Kyi is being held in an undisclosed location and appeared in court on Tuesday in a special court in the Myanmar capital, Naypyidaw.
Sochi has been charged with various offenses, including violating Corona virus protocols, illegal use of two-way radios, accepting bribes in cash and gold, inciting civil unrest and violating the law on official confidential documents.
Sochi’s lawyer has denied the allegations, which her client described as “absurd.”