Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to a further three years on election fraud charge

Myanmar’s former leader now faces 20 years in prison with other cases still to be heard.

Sep 2, 2022 - 09:29
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Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to a further three years on election fraud charge

Former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to a further three years in prison with hard labor on an election fraud charge.

The sentence was handed down on Friday by the Nay Pyi Taw Prison Court.

Last month a military court sentenced Suu Kyi to six years in prison following her conviction on corruption charges that critics say are without merit.

Suu Kyi, 77, now faces a total of 20 years in prison, after sentences from other cases brought by Myanmar’s military leaders, who overthrew her democratically elected civilian government in a Feb. 1, 2021 coup.

She still faces charges in nine more cases that could lead to her receiving sentences totaling more than 100 years.