Former Burmese leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, overthrown in a coup last February and hit by numerous court cases on charges ranging from illegal importation of walkie-talkies to sedition and corruption, will also be indicted. for "electoral fraud" during the 2020 legislative elections won hands down by his party.

The state media announced it today. Fifteen other officials, including former President of the Republic Win Myint, who was also arrested during the February coup, will be prosecuted for the same crime.

A first verdict in one of the trials against the 76-year-old under house arrest is expected on 14 December. The AFP learns this from sources close to the dossier. In this case, the former de facto head of the Burmese government must answer for alleged violations of the restrictions linked to the Covid-19 pandemic. Suu Kyi "will speak in her defense next week and the verdict is expected on December 14," the sources said. The trial is held behind closed doors before a special court in Naypyidaw, the capital of Burma.

At the end of October, Win Htein, a close associate of 80-year-old Aung San Suu Kyi, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for treason.

(Unioneonline / D)