Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi's jail time period prolonged to 26 years | World News

A courtroom in military-ruled Myanmar convicted the nation's ousted chief, Aung San Suu Kyi, on two extra corruption expenses on Wednesday, with two three-year sentences, to be served concurrently, added to earlier convictions that now go away her with a 26-year whole jail time period.

Suu Kyi, 77, was detained on February 1, 2021, when the army seized energy from her elected authorities.

She has denied the allegations in opposition to her on this case, by which she was accused of receiving USD 550,000 as a bribe from Maung Weik, a tycoon convicted a number of years in the past of drug trafficking.

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She had already been sentenced to 23 years' imprisonment after being convicted of illegally importing and possessing walkie-talkies, violating coronavirus restrictions, breaching the nation's official secrets and techniques act, sedition, election fraud and 5 different corruption expenses.

Supporters and unbiased analysts say all the costs are politically motivated and an try to discredit her and legitimise the army's seizure of energy whereas maintaining her from collaborating within the subsequent election that the army has promised in 2023.