Junta trial of Myanmar's Suu Kyi to hear first testimony

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If convicted of all charges, Aung San Suu Kyi, 75, faces more than a decade in jail.

Near daily protests have rocked Myanmar since the generals' putsch removed her government in February, ending a 10-year experiment with democracy.

On Monday, her defence team will cross-examine witnesses over charges she improperly imported walkie-talkies and flouted coronavirus restrictions during last year's elections that her National League for Democracy won in a landslide. A separate case is scheduled to start on June 15, where she is charged with sedition alongside ousted president Win Myint and another senior member of the NLD.Suu Kyi spent more than 15 years under house arrest during the previous junta's rule before her 2010 release.

Her lawyer Khin Maung Zaw dismissed the new charges -- which could see Suu Kyi hit with another lengthy prison term -- as "absurd"."There is an undeniable political background to keep her out of the scene of the country and to smear her prestige," he told AFP last week.

 

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