Tue 09 November 2021:
According to a source, a Myanmar junta court will rule next month on whether deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi violated coronavirus regulations during elections her party won last year.
Myanmar has been in chaos since the military took over in February, sparking massive protests and a violent crackdown on dissent.
Suu Kyi, 76, went on trial in June, facing dozens of new allegations ranging from illegally importing walkie-talkies to sedition.
The media has been restricted from attending sessions at the special court in Naypyidaw, the military-built capital, and the junta has recently prohibited her legal team from speaking to reporters.
According to a person familiar with the situation, Suu Kyi attended at the last hearing in the trial for allegedly violating coronavirus restrictions during the 2020 elections on Tuesday.
According to the source, she will speak in her defense next week, and a “final order pronouncing the verdict of the court” is scheduled for December 14.
If proven guilty, Suu Kyi faces three years in prison.
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