Myanmar junta shifts Suu Kyi trial to prison venue

Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi attends the joint information convention of the Japan-Mekong Summit Assembly on the Akasaka Palace State Visitor Home in Tokyo, Japan October 9, 2018. Franck Robichon/Pool by way of Reuters

June 22 (Reuters) – Myanmar’s army rulers have with out clarification ordered all authorized proceedings towards deposed chief Aung San Suu Kyi to be moved from a courtroom to a jail, a supply aware of her circumstances stated on Wednesday.

Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who turned 77 on Sunday, has been charged with at the very least 20 felony offences since she was toppled in a coup early final 12 months, together with a number of counts of corruption. She denies all prices.

Some media reported Suu Kyi had additionally been moved from home arrest into detention in Naypyidaw jail on Wednesday. Reuters couldn’t independently confirm these studies.

Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has thus far allowed Suu Kyi to stay in detention at an undisclosed location within the capital Naypyitaw, regardless of convictions for incitement and a number of other minor offences.

The supply, who declined to be recognized as a result of sensitivities over the trial, stated hearings can be shifted to a brand new particular courtroom in Naypyitaw’s jail.

“It’s declared by the decide {that a} new constructing for the courtroom is full,” the supply added.

The ruling army council couldn’t instantly be reached for remark.

Suu Kyi’s marathon courtroom proceedings happen behind closed doorways with solely restricted info reported by state media. A gag order has been imposed on her legal professionals, whose solely entry to her is on trial days.

It’s not clear how a lot Suu Kyi is aware of of the disaster in her nation, which has been in chaos for the reason that coup, with the army struggling to consolidate energy and dealing with growing resistance from militia teams.

Western international locations have referred to as the convictions a sham and demanded Suu Kyi’s launch. The army says she is being given due course of by an unbiased judiciary.

Reporting by Reuters Workers; Writing by Martin Petty; Modifying by Ed Davies, Kanupriya Kapoor and Mark Heinrich

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