Five new corruption charges fired by Myanmar leader Suu Kyi Aung San Suu Kyi News

Five new charges against the country’s ousted leader include renting, buying and maintaining a helicopter used by his government.

The Myanmar military-installed government has filed five corruption charges against Aung San Suu Kyi, the chief of staff, for authorizing the rental and purchase of a helicopter, an official said.

Aung San Suu Kyi, arrested in a military coup last February, is already on trial on five other counts of corruption. Each will face up to 15 years in prison and a fine.

Suu Kyi has faced other charges and has been sentenced to six years in prison convicted of illegally importing and possessing walkie-talkies and violation of coronavirus restrictions.

Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online.

The military government has rejected the criticism.

“No one is above the law. I mean they will be tried by law, ”government spokesman Zaw Min Tun said at a news conference on Friday.

Taking military power Aung San Suu Kyi and her party in the National League for Democracy prevented her from holding a second five-year term in office.

The military says it was involved in widespread fraud in the November 2020 general election, but independent groups have said there is little evidence to support the polls.

The capture was met with widespread popular protests, and Myanmar is now deadly armed resistance to military command.

Myanmar’s rights activists, according to the Political Prisoners’ Assistance Association, have killed at least 1,469 people since the February 1 coup and arrested more than 11,500.

The five new charges are the rental, purchase and maintenance of a helicopter, a legal official familiar with the case said he spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not allowed to divulge the information.

State media announced in December that Suu Kyi and Win Myint, who was president of his government, for being prosecuted for hiring a helicopter under the Anti-Corruption Act.

The state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported that the Anti-Corruption Commission had abused their power and caused the loss of state funds by failing to comply with financial regulations to authorize the then Minister of Social Welfare, Welfare and Relocation Win Myat. Aye helicopter to rent and buy.

Win Myat Aye is currently the Minister of Human Affairs and Disaster Management The National Union government was established as a parallel administration by opponents of military rule. The underground organization is considered illegal by the military.

Other corruption charges against Suu Kyi include alleged bribery and abuse of authority related to real estate deals.

They are also on trial for violating the Official Secrets Act, which sets a maximum sentence of 14 years.

The military government has said it will prosecute him and his colleagues on charges of alleged electoral fraud.