What happened?
At 77, Suu Kyi was found guilty for improperly using resources from the Daw Khin Kyi Foundation – the surname is no coincidence, she created the institution to promote health and education in the country.
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According to international agencies, the United States called the decision an “affront to justice”.
Prosecutors accused Suu Kyi of having caused a loss of more than R$58,6 million by renting the charity's land for a lower price than the official price. Furthermore, she was convicted of using donations to build her house in the capital and receiving bribes from a businessman. However, international organizations dispute the evidence that the military regime used to convict her.
And before that?
In July, the military regime claimed to have executed four pro-democracy activists convicted of helping resistance forces – the processing of these trials was quite questionthere is.
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According to an association of prisoners in the country, these were the first judicial executions since the 1980s. It was not detailed when and how the men died.
Since she was detained on February 1, 2021, following the military coup, the former ruler of Myanmar has remained imprisoned in a secret location in Naipyidaw, the country's capital. The military coup ended a decade of democracy in the country.
With information from Agence France-Presse/AFP
