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Last Updated : 2024-03-29 04:13:00
Myanmar police have filed charges against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi for illegally importing communications equipment and she will be detained until Feb. 15 for investigations, according to a police document.
The move followed a military coup on Monday and the detention of Nobel Peace laureate Suu Kyi and other civilian politicians. The takeover cut short Myanmar’s long transition to democracy and drew condemnation from the United States and other Western countries.
A police request to a court detailing the accusations against Suu Kyi, 75, said six walkie-talkie radios had been found in a search of her home in the capital Naypyidaw. The radios were imported illegally and used without permission, it said.
The document reviewed on Wednesday requested Suu Kyi’s detention “in order to question witnesses, request evidence and seek legal counsel after questioning the defendant”.
A separate document showed police filed charges against ousted President Win Myint for violating protocols to stop the spread of coronavirus during campaigning for an election last November.
Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) won the election in a landslide but the military claimed it was marred by fraud and justified its seizure of power on those grounds.
Reuters was not immediately able to reach the police, the government or the court for comment.
The chair of the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Parliamentarians for Human Rights, Charles Santiago, said the new charges were ludicrous.
“This is an absurd move by the junta to try to legitimize their illegal power grab,” he said in a statement. (Reuters)
Dee Wednesday, 03 February 2021 07:48 PM
LoL. Nothing new in this part of the world!
Mokan Wednesday, 03 February 2021 08:08 PM
Guess which country supporting the coup. CHINA
Muhandiram Wednesday, 03 February 2021 08:12 PM
38 Minute ago????
Dakshina Dissanayake Wednesday, 03 February 2021 08:40 PM
Very very pathetic situation and absolutely unfortunate people to experience the light of the real democracy
Siri Thursday, 04 February 2021 02:56 PM
It could well happen in Sri Lanka too, if people keep ignoring the election promises and hero worship individuals.
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