First Offline Session. Aung San Suu Kyi Meets Her Lawyer For 30 Minutes
JAKARTA - For the first time in public and the first time at an offline hearing, Myanmar Leader Aung San Suu Kyi looks healthy.
Aung San Suu Kyi lawyer Thae Maung Maung said Suu Kyi had met with her team of lawyers for 30 minutes before today's trial began.
Maung Maung said Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been detained since Myanmar's military coup on February 1, is in good health. This was the first trial to be held in person after previous hearings were held online.
Suu Kyi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 for her efforts to build democracy, is among more than 4,000 people detained since a military coup. She faces charges that range from illegally possessing a walkie-talkie radio to violating state secrets laws.
The deposed leader prayed for healthy people in her meetings with her lawyers. She also spoke about her National League for Democracy (NLD) party, which threatened to disband Myanmar's military regime.
"She said the party was established for the people so that the party will exist as long as the people exist", Thae Maung Maung told Reuters on Monday, May 24.
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As it is known, Myanmar's military regime, through their electoral commission, will disband Aung San Suu Kyi's political party, due to allegations of manipulation of votes in the November 2020 elections.
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