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    Myanmar court sentences Suu Kyi to 5 years for corruption

    Her supporters and independent legal experts consider her prosecution an unjust move to discredit Suu Kyi and legitimize the military's 2021 seizure of power.
    by The Associated Press Apr 27, 2022 3 minutes

    BANGKOK — A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted the country's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption and sentenced her to five years in prison Wednesday in the first of several corruption cases against her.

    Suu Kyi, who was ousted by an army takeover last year, had denied the allegation that she had accepted gold and hundreds of thousands of dollars given her as a bribe by a top political colleague.

    Her supporters and independent legal experts consider her prosecution an unjust move to discredit Suu Kyi and

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