Former Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi, overthrown by a military coup, has been accused of corruption, the official newspaper The Global New Light of Myanmar reported. The former de facto head of the civilian government is in particular accused of having received “$ 600,000 and several kilos of gold” in bribes. She is also prosecuted for misuse of land for the Daw Khin Kyi charitable foundation, which she chairs. Aung San Suu Kyi “was found guilty of committing bribery using her position.
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She was then charged under article 55 of the anti-corruption law, “the newspaper said.” These allegations are absurd, “one of her lawyers, Khin Maung Zaw, told AFP.
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“The goal is to keep it away from the country’s (political) scene and tarnish its image.” Arrested on the morning of February 1, the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate already faces numerous charges ranging from illegal possession of walkie-talkies to inciting public disorder and violating a human rights law. If found guilty, she can be banned from political life and risk long years in prison. Two trials are already scheduled in the capital Naypyidaw, the first starting on June 14.
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