Naypyidaw, Myanmar:
The trial of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will commence next week, her lawyer told AFP Monday.
Myanmar has been in uproar considering that Suu Kyi was deposed in a February 1 coup, with close to-everyday protests and a nationwide civil disobedience movement, and nearly 850 civilians killed according to a neighborhood monitoring group.
The Nobel laureate has been hit with a string of criminal charges like flouting coronavirus restrictions in the course of last year’s election campaign and possessing unlicensed walkie-talkies.
“We will get testimonies from plaintiff and witnesses starting from next hearing,” scheduled for Monday June 14, lawyer Min Min Soe stated Monday right after meeting the detained Suu Kyi in the capital Naypyidaw.
“She asked all (people) to stay in good health,” Min Min Soe added.
Suu Kyi’s lawyers have met with her just twice considering that the junta placed her below property arrest, with weeks of delays to her legal case and her lawyers struggling to obtain access to their client.
Myanmar’s junta has also threatened to dissolve her political party the National League for Democracy, which swept elections in 2020, more than alleged voter fraud.
An AFP reporter stated there was a heavy police presence about the Naypyidaw council compound, close to the court, with roadblocks along streets top to the location.
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