Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to seven more years in prison after she was found guilty of five charges of corruption during her time in government, according to a person familiar with the matter.
A special court inside the compound of Naypyidaw Prison ruled on Friday the 77-year-old failed to follow financial regulations in renting and buying a helicopter between 2019 and 2021, the person said, asking for anonymity because the matter was not yet public.
It’s the final round of criminal verdicts against the former leader since the military toppled her democratically-elected government in a 2021 coup. It brings her total jail term to 33 years, extinguishing any chance of her staging a political comeback while the junta remains in power.
