Nobel laureate and democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to 3 years in jail for electoral fraud. Here's what happened 👇
The military has since cancelled the result and said it uncovered more than 11 million instances of voter fraud.
More than 2 200 people have been killed and over 15 000 arrested in the military’s crackdown on dissent since it seized power, according to a local monitoring group.“These closed door hearings make it difficult to see how any of the sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi can be credible,” said Manny Maung, Myanmar researcher at Human Rights Watch.“I can’t see them sending to Suu Kyi to a labour camp,” said independent Myanmar analyst David Mathieson.
The junta declared a state of emergency after ousting Suu Kyi’s government, and has previously said elections would be held and the state of emergency lifted by August 2023.
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