NLD condemns Suu Kyi's jail sentence

By Agence France-Presse

Jan 02, 2023 12:06 am

Bangkok, Thailand: The political party headed by jailed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi condemned her latest sentence and said on Saturday it would continue to oppose the junta whose court imposed it.

Suu Kyi was handed a seven-year jail term for corruption on Friday in the last of a slew of trials in a junta court that rights groups have said were a sham.

In this file photo taken on March 13, 2021, an image of detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi is projected on a screen during a night-time demonstration by protesters against the military coup in Yangon. AFP PHOTO

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