Myanmar's Suu Kyi to face new trial for electoral fraud: source

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Myanmar's junta has charged Aung San Suu Kyi with influencing election officials during 2020 polls, a source said on Monday, a year after it staged a coup alleging massive voter fraud.

Suu Kyi, 76, has been detained since the February 1 coup last year that triggered mass protests and a bloody crackdown on dissent with more than 1,500 civilians killed, according to a local monitoring group.

She will face a further trial on charges of influencing the country's election commission during the 2020 polls that saw her party defeat a military-aligned rival, a source with knowledge of the case said.Former president and stalwart of the National League for Democracy party Win Myint will face the same charge, the source said.

The junta cancelled the results of the 2020 election in July last year, saying it had found some 11.3 million instances of fraud.The junta has promised to hold another election by August 2023 if the country -- currently riven by fighting between the military and anti-coup fighters -- is restored. On Monday ousted Myanmar lawmakers from a shadow "National Unity Government" addressed the media in Paris.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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