A court in military-ruled Myanmar has convicted Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption, sentencing her to seven years in prison in the last of a string of criminal cases against her.
of corruption on Friday, sentencing her to seven years in prison in the last of a string of criminal cases against her, a source with direct knowledge of the proceedings confirmed to NBC News.
Suu Kyi received sentences of three years for each of four charges, to be served concurrently, and four years for the charge related to the helicopter purchase, for a total of seven years. Win Myint received the same sentences, said the source, who declined to be identified because Suu Kyi’s trials have been held behind closed doors, with information restricted.
The military government has repeatedly denied all requests to meet with her, including from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which seeks to help mediate an end to the crisis in Myanmar that some United Nations experts have characterized as a civil war because of the armed opposition to military rule.
Due to her age, the 33 years in prison that Suu Kyi now faces “amount to an effective life sentence against her,” Robertson said.
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