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Suu Kyi faces 33 years in jail after final Myanmar verdicts

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.

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A court in Myanmar again finds Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of corruption

A court's conviction against Aung San Suu Kyi leaves her with 33 years to serve in prison following a series of politically tinged prosecutions since her government was toppled in February 2021.

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Myanmar junta court convicts Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption, hands down 7-year sentence

A Myanmar junta court sentenced ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to seven years in prison for corruption on Friday, a legal source told AFP, ending the 18-month trial of the Nobel laureate.

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Court in Myanmar Again Finds Suu Kyi Guilty of Corruption

A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Friday convicted the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption, sentencing her to seven years in prison in the last of a string of criminal cases against her, a legal official said. The court’s action leaves her with a total of 33…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Aung Suu Kyi faces 33-year prison sentence after final closed trial

She's already serving a 26-year prison sentence after being convicted in other cases that rights groups have denounced as a "sham."

Axios

Aung San Suu Kyi's Myanmar trials end with 7 more years in jail

Deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was convicted of five counts of corruption on Friday and jailed for seven more years, an informed source said, wrapping up a marathon of trials condemned internationally as a sham.

Reuters

Court in Myanmar again finds Suu Kyi guilty of corruption - OLD

A legal official says a court in military-ruled Myanmar has convicted the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption, sentencing her to seven years in prison in the last of a string of criminal cases against her

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Myanmar court to deliver final verdicts this week in Suu Kyi trials

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Reuters

Suu Kyi to hear final rulings soon

A junta court in Myanmar could hand down the final rulings in the 18-month trial of Aung San Suu Kyi next week, closing the latest chapter in the military’s decades-long battle with the democracy figurehead.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar junta figures attend Bangkok talks

Thailand hosted a regional meeting on Thursday to discuss the crisis in army-ruled Myanmar, which included a rare international appearance by three junta ministers, but several key players from Asean did not attend.

Bangkok Post

UN council demands end to Myanmar violence in first resolution in decades

The U.N. Security Council adopted its first resolution on Myanmar in 74 years on Wednesday to demand an end to violence and urge the military junta to release all political prisoners, including ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Reuters

UN Security Council likely to vote Wednesday on Myanmar

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council is likely to vote on Wednesday on a draft resolution demanding an immediate end to violence in Myanmar and urging its military junta to release all political prisoners, including ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, diplomats said.

Bangkok Post

U.N. Security Council likely to vote Wednesday on Myanmar

The U.N. Security Council is likely to vote on Wednesday on a draft resolution demanding an immediate end to violence in Myanmar and urging its military junta to release all political prisoners, including ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, diplomats said.

Reuters

UN postpones decision on ambassadors from Myanmar, Taliban, Libya

UN recognising ambassadors from Myanmar’s military, the Taliban, and Libya’s east would be seen a conferring legitimacy.

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United Nations blocks Myanmar military taking UN seat

Rights groups say the National Unity Government, made up of elected members, must represent Myanmar at all UN bodies.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Myanmar’s military: in power but not in control

Editorial: Despite the Tatmadaw’s increasing viciousness, it appears unable to suppress resistance

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UN says Myanmar military uses death penalty to ‘crush’ opposition

UN rights chief Volker Turk said that more than 130 opponents of Myanmar’s military regime have been sentenced to death.

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How Australian economist Sean Turnell came to be in and freed from a Myanmar jail

Macquarie University economist Sean Turnell is free and living in Sydney after 650 days of imprisonment in Myanmar, for what appears to be the “crime” of doing an economist’s job, which is trying to make people’s lives better – in this case the lives of the people of Myanmar.

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Sean Turnell says he 'could never hate Myanmar' despite spending 650 days in 'horrible' prisons

While locked up in solitary confinement, Sean Turnell says he wondered how "a mild-mannered little professor from Australia" could end up "in one of South-East Asia's most notorious prisons".

Reuters

Released Australian adviser supports sanctions against Myanmar officials

Australia should sanction Myanmar's military government and the regime's bankers, Sean Turnell, the Australian economist and adviser to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi said in his first interview since being released from a Myanmar jail last week.

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Professor Sean Turnell thanks those who had his back 'even in the darkest hours'

The 58-year-old Sydney economist and former adviser to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi thanks those who helped bring him home after 650 days in a Myanmar prison.

Al Jazeera

Freed foreigners return home after Myanmar prisoner amnesty

The four, including an Australian economist and a former UK ambassador, were among thousands detained after the coup.

The Guardian - AU

Sean Turnell reunited with wife in Australia after two years in Myanmar prison

Economic adviser to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi was described as being in ‘amazingly good spirits’ by Anthony Albanese

Reuters

Australian freed in Myanmar amnesty lands in Melbourne

An Australian adviser to deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, returned home on Friday, Australia's foreign minister said, a day he was released from detention by the Southeast Asian nation's military junta in a mass amnesty.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar military releasing Turnell, Kubota, Bowman: Reports

Military says it is releasing and deporting Sean Turnell, Toru Kubota, Vicky Bowman and Kyaw Htay Oo as part of amnesty.

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