Myanmar junta to put Suu Kyi on trial for corruption

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The 76-year-old Nobel laureate will face a new trial on four charges of corruption beginning on 1 October.

Suu Kyi has been under house arrest since her National League for Democracy government was deposed by the military in a February coup that sparked a mass uprising and a brutal crackdown on dissent.

She will face a new trial on four charges of corruption beginning on October 1 in the capital Naypyidaw, her lawyer Khin Maung Zaw said.The newest trial forms part of a junta plan "to get her out of the picture" said Manny Maung, a researcher at Human Rights Watch.

 

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