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Mandalay, Mar 11 (EFE/EPA).- Myanmar’s military junta has accused Aung San Suu Kyi of taking illegal bribes in cash and gold in what was the latest charges leveled against the democratically-elected leader since she was overthrown on Feb. 1.Brig. Gen. Zaw Min Tun, spokesman for the junta, told a press conference that Suu Kyi had accepted some $600,000 in illegal payments, according to local channel DVB.Suu Kyi has remained in detention for five weeks and faces a number of accusations from the military junta. (Camera: STRINGER). SHOT LIST: ANTI-COUP PROTESTS ON MARCH 11, 2021, AND PROTE IN MANDALAY; AND PEOPLE OFFER FLOWERS AT A MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL OF AN UNIDENTIFIED DEMONSTRATOR WHO DIED DURING THE CRACKDOWN WITH THE SECURITY FORCES IN MANDALAY, MYANMAR.
Mandalay, Mar 11 (EFE/EPA).- Myanmar’s military junta has accused Aung San Suu Kyi of taking illegal bribes in cash and gold in what was the latest charges leveled against the democratically-elected leader since she was overthrown on Feb. 1.Brig. Gen. Zaw Min Tun, spokesman for the junta, told a press conference that Suu Kyi had accepted some $600,000 in illegal payments, according to local channel DVB.Suu Kyi has remained in detention for five weeks and faces a number of accusations from the military junta. (Camera: STRINGER). SHOT LIST: ANTI-COUP PROTESTS ON MARCH 11, 2021, AND PROTE IN MANDALAY; AND PEOPLE OFFER FLOWERS AT A MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL OF AN UNIDENTIFIED DEMONSTRATOR WHO DIED DURING THE CRACKDOWN WITH THE SECURITY FORCES IN MANDALAY, MYANMAR.
Naypyidaw, Apr 26 (EFE/EPA).- Myanmar’s military junta continues to deny deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi a meeting with her lawyers, her legal representatives said Monday after a court hearing in which she appeared online.Suu Kyi, under house arrest since the Feb. 1 coup, faces several trials on charges such as importing electronic devices or revealing official secrets without being able to meet with her team of lawyers, despite having requested it on several occasions.One of her legal representatives, Khin Maung Zaw, told EFE that during the Monday hearing in Naypyitaw the judge asked a policeman if he had told his superiors about the request for Suu Kyi and deposed President Win Myint to meet with their defense teams. (Camera: STRINGER). SHOT LIST: KHIN MAUNG ZAW, DEFENSE ATTORNEY FOR DEPOSED MYANMAR STATE COUNSELOR AUNG SAN SUU KYI AND PRESIDENT WIN MYINT, DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH EFE IN NAYPYIDAW, MYANMAR. SOUND BITES: KHIN MAUNG ZAW, DEFENSE ATTORNEY FOR DEPOSED MYANMAR STATE COUNSELOR AUNG SAN SUU KYI AND PRESIDENT WIN MYINT (IN ENGLISH).
So far, Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi has won two thirds of the seats in Myanmar's lower house of the parliament in the country's historic elections. But even with a victory Myanmar laws do not allow Suu Kyi to become president.
The United States condemns Myanmar's junta for dissolving the party of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi and warns that the move would bring more instability. "We strongly condemn the Burma military regime's decision to abolish 40 political parties, including the National League for Democracy," State Department Spokesman Vedant Patel says, using Myanmar's former name. "Any election without the participation of all stakeholders in Burma would not be and cannot be considered free or fair and, given the widespread opposition to military rule, the regime's unilateral push towards elections likely will escalate instability," he adds. SOUNDBITE
Myanmar, Jul 27 (EFE/EPA).- Myanmar military rulers have formally annulled the Nov.8 election results, claiming widespread irregularities by the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) of Aung San Suu Kyi, state media reported Tuesday.The military claimed that a probe found 11.3 million fraud cases in the elections swept by the NLD. ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI, PEOPLE VOTING AND ANTI COUP PROTESTS.