After being dismissed in a military coup on the 1st of last month, state adviser Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar, who is under house arrest, was additionally prosecuted on another charge.
‘Reuters’ news agency cited the lawyer’s lawyer, and said that the suspect was additionally prosecuted today (1st) for the alleged violation of the law prohibiting the publication and publication of information “which causes anxiety, fear, or harms public stability.” Revealed.
A local journalist, Myanmar Now, cited a lawyer from the National League for Democratic Peoples League (NLD), and said that Suu Kyi had been additionally prosecuted on charges of “incitement,” but the details of the charges remain unknown.
Suu Kyi’s adviser was present at a court hearing in Naypido, the capital city.
Although through video, it is the first time since the military coup on the 1st of last month that the figure of the shame torture was revealed.
The lawyer’s lawyer said he had lost some weight, but he was in good shape and said he wanted an interview with a lawyer.
On the 3rd of last month, Suu Kyi was charged with violating the Import and Export Act in connection with the use of unauthorized radios, and on the 16th, he was charged with violating the Natural Disaster Act, saying that he did not observe the new coronavirus preventive measures.
The next hearing of the shame adviser is scheduled to take place on the 15th.
Meanwhile, bloodshed in Myanmar over the weekend, as the military and police forcefully cracked down on protesters against the coup.
The UN Human Rights Office said yesterday (28th) that “police and military forces used deadly force in confrontation with peaceful protesters, and this resulted in credible information that at least 18 people were killed and more than 30 people were injured.”
The media say that despite yesterday’s bloodshed, protests continued again today in major cities in Myanmar, but there are no reports of casualties yet.
VOA news