Aung San Suu Kyi has not been seen in public since being taken into custody after Myanmar’s military took control in February. In this December 11, 2019 photo, Suu Kyi, the country’s leader at the time, waits to address the judges of the International Court of Justice on the second of three days of trial in The Hague, Netherlands.
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Aung San Suu Kyi has not been seen in public since being taken into custody after Myanmar’s military took control in February. In this December 11, 2019 photo, Suu Kyi, the country’s leader at the time, waits to address the judges of the International Court of Justice on the second of three days of trial in The Hague, Netherlands.
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BANGKOK – A Myanmar court postponed its ruling on Tuesday in the trial of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to allow testimony from an additional witness.
A legal official said the court agreed to a defense motion that allowed a doctor who was previously unable to come to court to supplement his testimony.
The verdict is the first for the 76-year-old Nobel laureate since the military came to power on February 1, arresting her and preventing her National League for Democracy party from starting a second term in office.
She also faces trials on a range of other charges, including corruption, which could land her in prison for decades if convicted.
The court will rule on Tuesday on charges of incitement and violation of coronavirus restrictions.
The judge, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the judge adjourned the proceedings until December 6, when a new witness, Dr Zaw Myint Maung, is scheduled to testify. It is unclear when a ruling will be made.
The circumstances were seen as a cause of discrediting Suu Kyi and preventing her from running in the next election. The Constitution prohibits anyone sentenced to prison from holding a high office or from becoming a legislator.
Her party won a landslide victory in the general election last November. The military, to which the allied party lost many seats, claimed to have major voter fraud, but independent election observers detected no major anomalies.
Suu Kyi is still widely loved and a symbol of her struggle against military rule.
The military takeover was met with nationwide nonviolent protests that security forces quelled with deadly force, killing nearly 1,300 civilians, according to a tally by the Support Association. Political Prisoners.
With severe restrictions on nonviolent protest, armed resistance has increased in cities and the countryside, to the point where UN experts have warned the country is mired in civil war. .
Suu Kyi, the recipient of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize for her nonviolent struggle for democracy, has not been seen in public since her arrest on the day of the military takeover. She has appeared in court at several of her trials, which are closed to the media and audience.
In October, lawyers for Suu Kyi, who had been the sole source of information about the legal proceedings, were served with a gag order barring them from disclosing the information.
