BANGKOK: A court docket in Myanmar on Friday sentenced the nation’s ousted chief Aung San Suu Kyi to a few years’ imprisonment after discovering her responsible of involvement in election fraud.

The ruling provides extra jail time to the 17 years she is already serving for different offenses.

It additionally imperils the survival of Suu Kyi’s Nationwide League for Democracy celebration following the federal government’s express threats to dissolve it earlier than a brand new election the navy has promised will happen in 2023.

Suu Kyi’s celebration received the the 2020 normal election in a landslide victory. The navy seized energy from Suu Kyi’s elected authorities on February 1, 2021, saying it acted due to alleged widespread voter fraud. Unbiased election observers didn’t discover any main irregularities.

Two senior members of Suu Kyi’s former authorities have been co-defendants within the case and in addition obtained three-year jail sentences.

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