Min Min Soe and Khin Maung Zaw (left) the lawyers assigned by the National League for Democracy party to represent deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, meet journalists in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Monday, May 24, 2021. Suu Kyi appeared in court in person Monday for the first time since the military arrested her when it seized power on Feb. 1. Min Min Soe, told The Associated Press by phone that Suu Kyi was able to meet with her defense team for about 30 minutes before the hearing began at a special court set up inside the city council building in Naypyitaw, the capital. The hearing was procedural. - AP
YANGON, May 24 (Bloomberg): Myanmar’s detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi vowed her pro-democracy political party would continue its work despite being slated for dissolution in her first public appearance since her government was overthrown in a military coup.
In a message passed to her lawyers ahead of a court appearance in the capital Naypyidaw on Monday, she said the National League for Democracy would keep serving the people of Myanmar, even after junta-appointed election authorities last week said they would dissolve the party. Suu Kyi, who has been confined to her home since the Feb. 1 overthrow, has been formally charged with six criminal offenses including incitement and violating the Official Secrets Act.
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