Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi

Analysts say the conviction is an unjust move to legitimise the military junta's seizure of power in 2021.

Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party won a landslide victory in the 2020 general election, but lawmakers were not allowed to take their seats when the army seized power on 1 February 2021. Suu Kyi was found guilty of accepting gold bars and large sums of money given to her as a bribe by a top political colleague. Her supporters say the conviction is an unjust move to discredit Suu Kyi and legitimise the military junta’s seizure of power in 2021.

It's the latest verdict in a slew of cases that could see the deposed leader imprisoned for the rest of her life.

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Verdict was the third since the coup, with earlier convictions for inciting unrest, breaking pandemic rules and possessing illegally imported ...

“Destroying popular democracy in Myanmar also means getting rid of Aung San Suu Kyi, and the junta is leaving nothing to chance.” The junta has banned her lawyers from speaking to journalists, and the trial, which is taking place in the capital Naypyitaw, isn’t open to the public. Ms. Suu Kyi was subsequently charged with a series of criminal offenses that could see her imprisoned for the rest of her life. But they have stopped short of pushing forward other proposals, such as a United Nations embargo on the sale of arms and dual-use technology to the military. They also underscore the junta’s unwillingness to change course and the limitations of international pressure. The Nobel Peace Prize winner has been detained since Feb. 1 last year, when the military overthrew her elected government hours before she was due to be sworn in for a second term.

Deposed leader sentenced to five years in prison, facing more trials on corruption charges brought against her by military junta.

Suu Kyi has been charged with numerous crimes by the military junta, including breaching the Official Secrets Act, inciting public unrest and misusing land for her charitable foundation. Suu Kyi earned the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 for her long resistance to Myanmar’s long-running military regime, which kept her in some form of detention for more than two decades. Her trial has been held behind closed doors, and her lawyers are banned from speaking to the press.