A court in Myanmar on Monday sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s deposed former leader, to four years in prison, delivering the first two guilty verdicts in a raft of criminal cases the ruling military have brought against her since a coup in February.
The 76-year-old leader was sentenced in the capital Naypyidaw to two years in prison after being convicted of inciting dissent against the military, and two for violating the country’s disaster management law.
The latter charge was brought by junta authorities against Suu Kyi for allegedly breaching Covid-19 containment rules when she waved to supporters of her National League for Democracy party as they passed her residence during last year’s election campaign.
Myanmar’s toppled leader has been given only limited access to legal counsel, and faces more than 10 criminal charges in all, in what her supporters describe as a show trial meant to bar her from ever holding…
