Myanmar's Suu Kyi convicted once more, Australian economist will get 3 years in jail | World News

A court docket in military-ruled Myanmar on Thursday sentenced deposed chief, Aung San Suu Kyi, and her former financial adviser, Australian Sean Turnell, to 3 years in jail, a supply conversant in the proceedings stated.

Each had been charged with violating the official secrets and techniques act and had pleaded not responsible.

"Three years every, no exhausting labour," stated the supply, who declined to be named as a result of sensitivity of the problem. The sentencing passed off in a closed court docket.

Suu Kyi and a number of other members of her financial group had been indicted for a similar offence, which carries a most sentence of 14 years. They're amongst hundreds arrested for the reason that junta seized energy in a coup early final yr, together with politicians, lawmakers, bureaucrats, college students and journalists.

The courts have dealt harshly with opponents of the navy, handing down jail phrases and even the loss of life penalty in some circumstances. The junta insists Myanmar's courts are impartial and people arrested are receiving due course of.