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Un tribunal de Myanmar pospuso el lunes la emisión de veredictos en el último de una serie de casos contra el líder derrocado del país, Aung San Suu Kyi, dijo un funcionario legal con conocimiento del caso.
No se dio ninguna razón para el aplazamiento, según un funcionario legal que insistió en el anonimato por temor a ser castigado por las autoridades, que han restringido la divulgación de información sobre los juicios de Suu Kyi.
Suu Kyi fue acusada de importar y poseer walkie-talkies sin seguir los procedimientos oficiales.
El veredicto pospuesto del tribunal en la capital, Naypyitaw, es el segundo de los múltiples casos presentados contra la premio Nobel de 76 años desde que el ejército tomó el poder el 1 de febrero, derrocando a su gobierno electo y arrestando a los principales miembros de su Gobierno Nacional. Partido Liga por la Democracia.
Las radios que son el foco del caso fueron incautadas de la puerta de entrada de su residencia y del cuartel de sus guardaespaldas durante un registro el 1 de febrero, día en que fue arrestada.
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The charge under the Export-Import Law of having improperly imported the walkies-talkies was the first one that was filed against her and served as the initial justification for her continued detention. The charge of illegally possessing the radios was filed the following month.
Suu Kyi’s lawyers had argued that the radios were not in her personal possession and were legitimately used to help provide for her security, but the court refused to dismiss the charges against her.
Suu Kyi on Dec. 6 was convicted on two other charges, incitement and breaching of the COVID-19 restrictions, for which she was sentenced to a total of four years’ imprisonment. The head of the military-installed government, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, had reduced the sentence by half after it was issued, by giving her a partial pardon.
Suu Kyi’s supporters and rights groups say that the cases against her have been contrived by the military to discredit her and end her political career while justifying its takeover. If found guilty of all the charges she faces, Suu Kyi could be sentenced to more than 100 years in prison.
February’s seizure of power by the military was met by nonviolent nationwide demonstrations, which the security forces quashed with deadly force. More than 1,300 civilians have been killed, according to a tally compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, a non-profit human rights organization founded in 2000 by former political prisoners living in exile on the Thai/Burma border
Peaceful protests have continued, but armed resistance has also grown under the severe crackdown, to the point that U.N. experts have warned the country may be sliding into civil war.
