Myanmar Court To Deliver First Verdicts In Aung San Suu Kyi Trial
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi led an elected civilian government that was ousted in a Feb. 1 military coup and has been held incommunicado and on trial since June, with court hearings behind closed doors.
A court in military-ruled Myanmar is due to deliver the first verdicts on Tuesday in nearly a dozen cases against deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, on trial for offences that carry combined maximum jail sentences of more than 100 years.
The popular Nobel Peace Prize laureate led an elected civilian government that was ousted in a Feb. 1 military coup and has been held incommunicado and on trial since June, with court hearings behind closed doors.
According to a source with knowledge of the proceedings, a judge will rule on Tuesday on charges of incitement and of breaking a natural disasters law by violating COVID-19 protocols, which carry jail terms of up to two and three years respectively.
Facing the same fate if found guilty is co-defendant Win Myint, the ousted president and Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party ally.
