Myanmar’s Suu Kyi gets more jail, hard labour for election fraud
Suu Kyi, 76, has been on trial for more than a year on multiple charges, ranging from corruption and incitement to leaks of official secrets, for which the combined maximum sentences is more than 190 years.
A military-run court in Myanmar has sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to a further three years in prison on election fraud charges, her lawyers have told the BBC. Suu Kyi - the country's former leader - has now been sentenced to 20 years in prison on 11 counts, with several charges remaining.
A court in army-ruled Myanmar will start an election fraud trial of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb. 14, a source familiar with the proceedings said on Monday, after she was accused of influencing the 2020 vote to win a second term in office.
MYANMAR, July 28: Myanmar's junta-appointed election commission has officially nullified November elections in which the military-affiliated party fared dismally and Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) secured a resounding win.
The military cried foul that the elections were marred by widespread fraud, Kyodo News reported. The nullification is being considered as a prelude to a dissolution order for the formerly ruling party. The Aung San Suu Kyi's government was toppled by the military just hours before the newly-elected lawmakers were supposed to be seated in parliament on February 1.
After the coup, the military appointed an election commission, which claimed that the NLD exploited coronavirus-related restrictions to its advantage and attempted to grab power by obstructing the activities of the other political parties.
Later, the military had announced that the November elections would be nullified and new elections will be held.
The election commission said that in all 315 townships where voting was held, a total of over 11.3 million cases of fraud had occurred, including voter list irregularities, Kyodo News reported.
Following the defeat of its affiliated party -- the Union Solidarity and Development Party in the November elections, the military demanded that suspected election fraud be investigated.
It said it mounted the coup because the then ruling NLD-led government did not listen to its calls.
NAYPYITAW, MYANMAR, Jan 31: Myanmar’s military on Saturday denied its chief was threatening to stage a coup over complaints of election fraud, saying the media had misinterpreted his words.
KAMPALA, Jan 16: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni won a decisive re-election victory on Saturday, elections officials said, but his main rival Bobi Wine alleged widespread fraud and said citizens should reject the result.
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