Military Regime Court Postpones Sentence Case In Possession Of Communication Devices Myanmar Leader, Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi. (Wikimedia Commons/Claude Truong-Ngoc)

JAKARTA - A court in military-controlled Myanmar has postponed the sentencing of two cases against Myanmar's ousted leader in February's coup, Aung San Suu Kyi, until January 10, a source familiar with the proceedings said.

Originally, a court would rule on charges on Monday covering possession of an unauthorized walkie-talkie, the second of nearly a dozen cases against Suu Kyi that carry a combined sentence of more than 100 years in prison.

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate denies all the accusations leveled against her. Suu Kyi says the cases against her are baseless and designed to end her struggle to confront the military's grip on power.

The daughter of Myanmar's independence hero from Britain, Suu Kyi led a civilian government until it was overthrown, and then detained in a military coup on February 1.

She is already serving a two-year sentence at an undisclosed location, having been found guilty on December 7 on charges of sedition and violating coronavirus restrictions.

Previously, Suu Kyi spent years under house arrest for her opposition to military rule, but was released in 2010 and led the National League for Democracy to a landslide victory in the 2015 election.

She party won again in November last year, but the military said the vote was rigged and seized power weeks later. The election commission at the time rejected the military complaint.

To note, Myanmar has been in turmoil since the coup with hundreds of people killed in protests and fighting against the army.

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