The Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who had already been sentenced to six years in prison in recent months, was sentenced this time under the anti-corruption law.
She remains under house arrest
said junta spokesman Zaw Min Tun.
According to local media, the former Burmese leader will appeal her conviction.
In good health, according to a source familiar with the matter interviewed earlier this week, Aung San Suu Kyi, 76, has been detained since the military coup of February 1, 2021, which ended a decade of democratic transition in Myanmar. .
Fraud, sedition and corruption
Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced this time for violation of a state secrets law dating from the colonial era, electoral fraud, sedition and corruption. She faces decades of imprisonment.
The military regime accuses him of having received $600,000 and more than 11 kilos of gold in bribes from the former minister responsible for the Yangon region, Phyo Min Thein.
The latter testified in court, claiming to have paid him the gold and silver in exchange for his support. Aung San Suu Kyi, for her part, rejected these allegations. A dozen counts of corruption have been brought against her.
Aung San Suu Kyi is serving the beginning of her sentence under house arrest at an undisclosed location. She has been there for more than a year and will have to stay there until the end of her trial.
The latter is being held behind closed doors in the capital Naypyidaw. His lawyers were forbidden to speak to the press and international organizations.
A coup according to the international community
Many international observers have denounced this procedure solely motivated, according to them, by the desire to definitively exclude Aung San Suu Kyi, daughter of the hero of independence and big winner of the 2015 and 2020 elections, from the political arena.
” The political motivation is obvious. This is another sordid step in consolidating the coup. »
Given his advanced age, it is possible that she will end her days in prison
notes Phil Robertson, deputy director of the Asia division of the NGO Human Rights Watch. Destroying Burmese democracy means first getting rid of it, the junta leaves nothing to chance.
Several relatives of Aung San Suu Kyi were given heavy sentences. A former parliamentarian received the death penalty, a former minister received 75 years in prison and one of his collaborators was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Others went into exile or went into hiding.
Some of the fallen deputies formed a national unity government
(NUG) parallel, with the aim of undermining the legitimacy of the junta.
But 15 months after the coup, the NUG does not control any territory and has not been recognized by any foreign government.
An important figure
Aung San Suu Kyi remains a very popular figure in Burma, even if her international image has been damaged by her inability to defend the Muslim Rohingya minority.
She has completely disappeared from the radar since her arrest, only appearing in rare snaps taken by state media in court.
Meanwhile, opponents of the military regime are trying to free the country from the grip of the generals. Militias have taken up arms against the junta in several regions of Burma, going against the principle of non-violence advocated by Aung San Suu Kyi.
Last week, junta leader Min Aung Hlaing called for talks with rebel ethnic factions that control large swathes of territory and have been battling the military for decades.
The February 2021 coup plunged the country into chaos. Nearly 1,800 civilians were killed by security forces and more than 13,000 were arrested, according to a local NGO.
Reference-ici.radio-canada.ca