Australia rejects the court ruling in Burma (also known as Myanmar) against Australian Professor Sean Turnell and calls for his immediate release, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Friday. A closed court in military-ruled Burma on Thursday sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Turnell to three years in prison on charges of violating […]
BANGKOK—A court in military-ruled Burma, also known as Myanmar, convicted the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on more corruption charges on Monday, adding six years to her earlier 11-year prison sentence, a legal official said. The trial was held behind closed doors, with no access for media or the public, and her lawyers […]
A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in jail on Wednesday after finding her guilty in the first of 11 corruption cases she faces, a source with knowledge of the proceedings said. The Nobel laureate and figurehead of Myanmar’s opposition to military rule is charged with at […]
BANGKOK—A court in Myanmar sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four more years in prison on Monday after finding her guilty of illegally importing and possessing walkie-talkies and violating coronavirus restrictions, a legal official said. Suu Kyi was convicted last month on two other charges and given a four-year prison sentence, which was […]
A court in military-ruled Myanmar postponed its verdicts Monday on two charges against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in which she is accused of importing and possessing walkie-talkies without following official procedures, a legal official familiar with the case said.
State television in Burma, also known as Myanmar, has announced that the sentencing of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been reduced from four to two years. Suu Kyi was ousted in a military coup in February this year. The charges against her have been widely viewed as politically motivated.
BANGKOK—Aung San Suu Kyi, the civilian leader of Burma (also known as Myanmar) who was ousted in a de facto coup this year, was convicted on two charges Monday and handed a four-year sentence that was quickly cut in half—in proceedings widely criticized as a further effort by the country’s military rulers to roll back […]
BANGKOK—Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi testified in court for a second time Monday, addressing charges that she violated coronavirus pandemic restrictions during the 2020 election campaign. A person with knowledge of the proceedings said she denied breaking the restrictions when she waved to a campaign convoy for her National League for Democracy party […]
The deposed leader of Burma (also known as Myanmar), Aung San Suu Kyi, is facing four additional criminal charges, filed in a court in the country’s second biggest city Mandalay, her lawyer said on Monday. The legal team has little information about what Suu Kyi was accused of but the charges included corruption and that two […]
BANGKOK—Burma (also known as Myanmar)’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi went on trial Monday on charges that many observers say are an attempt by the junta that deposed her to eliminate her as a political force, erase the country’s democratic gains and cement the military’s power. Suu Kyi’s prosecution poses yet another major setback […]
New corruption cases have been opened against Burma’s (also known as Myanmar) deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other former officials from her government, the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar said on Thursday. The cases are the latest of a series brought against elected leader Suu Kyi, 75, who was overthrown by the […]
BANGKOK—Aung San Suu Kyi, the ousted leader of Burma (also known as Myanmar), appeared in court in person on Monday for the first time since the military arrested her when it seized power on Feb. 1. Burma state television MRTV broadcast on its evening news program the first photo of Suu Kyi, 75, since the […]
Burma’s junta leader Min Aung Hlaing said deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi was healthy at home and would appear in court in a few days, in his first interview since overthrowing her in a Feb. 1 coup. The coup has plunged the Southeast Asian country into chaos. An ethnic armed group opposed to the […]
BANGKOK—The European Union expanded its sanctions against Burma’s military leaders and army-controlled companies ahead of a regional meeting to discuss the worsening crisis after army leaders deposed the elected government. The Council of the European Union’s latest sanctions target 10 individuals and two military-controlled companies already subject to sanctions by the United States, Britain, and […]
Burma (also known as Myanmar) security forces opened fire on protests against the military rule on Wednesday, killing at least 18 people, a human rights group said, a day after neighboring countries called for restraint and offered to help Burma resolve the crisis. The security forces resorted to live fire with little warning in several […]
The military junta of Burma (also known as Myanmar) promised on Tuesday that it would hold an election and hand over power as police filed an additional charge against toppled former leader Aung San Suu Kyi. It also defended its Feb. 1 seizure of power, denying it was a coup even as protesters took to […]
YANGON, Burma (also known as Myanmar)—Police in Burma filed a new charge against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, her lawyer said Tuesday, in a move that may allow her to be held indefinitely without trial as part of an intensifying crackdown by authorities who seized power in a coup. Suu Kyi, who was deposed […]
YANGON, Burma—Police cracked down on demonstrators opposing Burma (also known as Myanmar)’s military coup, firing warning shots and shooting water cannons to disperse crowds that took to the streets again Tuesday in defiance of new protest bans. Reports of many injured demonstrators drew strong concern from the U.N.’s office in Burma. “According to reports from […]
