A Myanmar military court has sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to a further seven years in prison for corruption, taking her overall jail time to 33 years. The country’s former democratically-elected leader has been under house arrest since a military ousted her government in a coup in February 2021.
Since then she’s faced 18 months of trials on 19 charges. Today, she was sentenced on the final five charges she faced. A court found her guilty of corruption because she had not followed regulations in renting a helicopter for a government minister.
She had already been convicted of 14 different crimes including breaching Covid public safety rules, importing walkie-talkies and violating the official secrets act. She has denied all the charges against her.
The 77-year-old Nobel laureate has spent most of her time in detention under house arrest in the capital Nay Pyi Taw. The UN Security Council called for her release last week.
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