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Former democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi leaves the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague after the second day of trial, where she faced calls for Myanmar to "stop the genocide" of Rohingya Muslims as she personally led her country's defence. IMAGES
Mandalay/Yangon, Mar 18 (EFE/EPA).- Myanmar's military has added new corruption charges against the country's ousted civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, for allegedly receiving bribes from a builder.In a video aired on military-owned Myawaddy TV Wednesday night, the owner of a construction company claimed he gave $550,000 to Suu Kyi in four installments between 2018 and 2020. (Camera: ARCHIVE). SHOT LIST: FILE FOOTAGE OF ANTI-COUP PROTESTS IN MANDALAY AND YANGON, MYANMAR.
The United States says it is "disturbed" by charges filed against Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, two days after a military coup. "We call on the military to immediately release them all," US State Department spokesman Ned Price tells reporters of Suu Kyi and other civilian leaders imprisoned by the military. IMAGES
Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's former democracy icon arrives at the International Court of Justice in The Hague for the second day of a trial over the bloody military crackdown in which thousands of people were killed and around 740,000 Rohingya minorities fled to neighbouring Bangladesh. Suu Kyi is expected to take the stand a day after Gambia urged the country to 'stop the genocide' against Rohingya muslims. IMAGES of her arrivals
Former democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi leaves the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, where she faced calls for Myanmar to "stop the genocide" of Rohingya Muslims as she personally led her country's defence. IMAGES
Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at the UN's top court Tuesday to personally defend Myanmar against accusations of genocide against Rohingya Muslims. Wearing traditional Burmese dress, Myanmar's civilian leader did not speak to waiting media as she stepped out of a car into the International Court of Justice in The Hague. IMAGES of Aung San Suu Kyi