Myanmar ex-president Win Myint testifies in court he refused to resign from post despite threats from military


In this July 7, 2021, file photo, students protest against the February military takeover by the State Administration Council as they march at Kyauktada township in Yangon, Myanmar. - AP

BANGKOK, Oct 12 (AP): Myanmar’s former President Win Myint, forced out of office eight months ago when the army seized power, testified on Tuesday that he defied a demand from the military to resign, saying he would "rather die,” his lawyers said.

Win Myint was giving testimony at his trial on charges of incitement, in which the country’s ousted top leader, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, is his co-defendant. Incitement, defined as spreading false or inflammatory information that could disturb public order, is sometimes referred to as sedition and punishable by up to three years’ imprisonment.

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