Myanmar’s military court has sentenced former civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to an additional 3 years in prison for violating the Official Secrets Act, and her former adviser, Australian economist Sean Turnell, was sentenced to the same penalty, Agence France reported. Press.” She is sentenced to 20 years in prison on corruption charges, but faces a sentence of over 120 years due to the many crimes accused by the ruling group.
Suu Kyi, 77, a Nobel laureate, faces several charges, including violating foreign trade laws over the discovery of wireless equipment in her home, as well as another charge of violating coronavirus regulations.
The law enforcement official, who asked not to be identified, said, according to the American network ABC News, that three employees of the Sochi ministry were also convicted in the case, and each of them was sentenced to three years in prison.
Thornell and Sochi denied the allegations when they testified in their own defense at their trial last August.
The junta accused Suu Kyi of violating the Colonial Era Official Secrets Act, which provides for up to 14 years in prison.
So far, Suu Kyi’s most serious charge is “incitement to sedition.”
