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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Grant Peck

Myanmar's High Court declines to hear Suu Kyi's appeals in 5 cases where sentences already commuted

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Myanmar’s Supreme Court has declined to hear special appeals from the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi against her convictions in five cases of which the head of the military-installed government already pardoned her earlier this month, a legal official said Thursday.

Despite the amnesty, Suu Kyi’s legal team is continuing with the appeal process to prove her innocence, the legal official said.

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