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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Myanmar court postpones verdict in Suu Kyi corruption case

Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Tuesday postponed by a day delivering a verdict on the first of almost a dozen corruption cases filed against the country’s former leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.

The court in the capital Naypyitaw did not give any reason for delaying the expected verdict until Wednesday, said a legal official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to release information. Suu Kyi’s trial has been closed to the public, and her lawyers barred from speaking to the press.

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