“A court in junta-ruled Myanmar found deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of corruption and handed down a seven-year sentence Friday—the last in a series of verdicts against her that add up to a total of 33 years in prison,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“The junta brought a host of charges against Ms. Suu Kyi after ousting her in a coup on Feb. 1, 2021. The allegations ranged from illegally importing walkie talkies and violating pandemic-linked restrictions to corruption and election fraud. Human-rights groups have called the trials a sham designed to lock up 77-year-old Ms. Suu Kyi for life and remove her as a political threat to the military.”
“The trials weren’t open to the public.”
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