Yangon 4th September : A few days after Myanmar’s former State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to three years in prison for electoral fraud in 2020, which will bring her sentence to 20 years The Information Team of Myanmar’s State Administration Council confirmed.She together with the former president U Win Myint and former Union Minister of Union Government Office, U Min Thu, was found guilty of electoral fraud, as reported by the information team on Saturday.
Prior to this, Aung San Suu Kyi has been found guilty of numerous charges which include corruption, incitement, breaking the Natural Disaster Management Law, breaking the Export and Import Law and breaking the Communications Law.
She was previously given 17 years’ prison for these crimes and is now facing 20 years in prison, Xinhua news agency reported.
On February.1st, 2021 U Win Myint, Suu Kyi, and a few senior members of the National League for Democracy were detained by the military.
Prosecutions on further allegations against Suu Kyi are expected to follow.
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