A court docket in military-ruled Myanmar has convicted ousted chief Aung San Suu Kyi on extra corruption expenses and sentenced her to a further six years in jail, a authorized official says.

The trial was held behind closed doorways, with no entry for media or the general public, and her legal professionals had been forbidden by a gag order from revealing details about the proceedings.

Within the 4 corruption instances selected Monday, Suu Kyi was alleged to have abused her place to lease public land at beneath market costs and to have constructed a residence with donations meant for charitable functions.

She acquired sentences of three years for every of the 4 counts, however the sentences for 3 of them will likely be served concurrently, giving her a complete of six extra years in jail.

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She denied all the costs, and her legal professionals are anticipated to attraction.

She already had been sentenced to 11 years in jail on sedition, corruption and different expenses at earlier trials after the navy ousted her elected authorities and detained her in February 2021.

Analysts say the quite a few expenses in opposition to her and her allies are an try and legitimise the navy’s seizure of energy whereas eliminating her from politics earlier than the navy holds an election it has promised for subsequent yr.