A court in Myanmar added four years to ousted State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi‘s prison sentence.
The court found her guilty of violating COVID-19 restrictions and illegally importing and owning walkie-talkies, the Associated Press reported.
“Aung San Suu Kyi’s conviction & sentencing on politically motivated charges only compounds injustice in Myanmar when what is needed is dialogue,” the United Nations Human Rights Asia tweeted.
The court found her guilty of violating the import-export law and its telecommunications law for possessing the walkie-talkies. Her defenders claim they belonged to her security team and that the charges are politically motivated.
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She was found guilty of violating COVID-19 protocols when she stood outside with a face mask and a face shield and waved to supporters during an event for her campaign in the 2020 election, according to the New York Times.
Suu Kyi, 76, was convicted in December for a similar charge for breaking COVID-19 rules and another charge for inciting public unrest. She was initially sentenced to four years in prison, but that sentencing was subsequently cut down by two years.
The former state counselor is facing numerous charges since being removed from power in February 2021. If she is found guilty on all charges, she could face over 100 years in prison. She has denied all charges. Her total prison sentence so far is six years following Monday’s sentencing.
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The former Nobel Peace Prize winner won the 2020 general election in a landslide. But the military argued that the 2020 election was fraudulent. She was removed from power in a military coup following tensions with the nation’s military leader. Top members of her party, the National League for Democracy, were also arrested at the time.
Her arrest sparked international backlash. She previously spent just under 15 years in military prison and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 for trying to bring democracy to the country.
