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POLICE in Myanmar have filed an 11th corruption charge against the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, state-controlled media reported today.
Ms Suu Kyi is being charged under the Anti-Corruption Law covering bribery, which carries a maximum prison term of 15 years.
The former leader has faced a swathe of charges since she was taken into custody when the military seized power on February 1 last year.
Her supporters and human rights groups insist that the cases against her are baseless and have been contrived to bar her return to politics ahead of elections that the army has promised to hold in 2023.
Ms Suu Kyi has already been sentenced to six years’ imprisonment after being convicted of illegally importing and possessing walkie-talkies and violating coronavirus restrictions.
She is also being tried for allegedly violating the Official Secrets Act, which carries a maximum sentence of 14 years.
Reports claimed today that Ms Suu Kyi received $550,000 (£406,500) in four instalments in 2019 and 2020 “to facilitate the business activities of a private entrepreneur.”
The donation was said to be directed to a social welfare foundation named after Ms Suu Kyi’s mother.
