In this file photo taken on Sept 21, 2016, Myanmar’s State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi addresses the 71st session of United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York. Myanmar's junta will put ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on trial for corruption, her lawyer said on September 17, 2021, adding to a raft of ongoing cases that could see her jailed for decades. - AFP
YANGON, Sept 17 (AFP): Myanmar's junta will put ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on trial for corruption, her lawyer said Friday, adding to a raft of ongoing cases that could see her jailed for decades.
Suu Kyi has been under house arrest since her National League for Democracy (NLD) government was deposed by the military in a February coup that sparked a mass uprising and a brutal crackdown on dissent.
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