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Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi jailed for six more years for graft

Aung San Suu Kyi faces numerous cases in secretive military courts and could be jailed for years [File: AFP]

A court in Myanmar has convicted deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi on charges of corruption, adding six years to her prison sentence, according to a legal official.

She had already been sentenced to 11 years in prison on sedition, corruption and other charges at earlier trials after the military detained her in February 2021 as it seized power from her elected government in a February 2021 coup.

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