Myanmar Leader Aung San Suu Kyi Jailed For Four Years, Announces Junta Spokesman

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>New Delhi: </strong>Former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to four years of jail term on Monday. Suu Kyi was ousted after a military coup in the country in February, reported AFP.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Suu Kyi was running a civilian government in Myanmar and was charged under multiple cases including incitement and breach of Covid-19 protocol. According to Al Jazeera, other charges against Suu Kyi include corruption and violation of the State secrets act.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Junta (Myanmar Military) had claimed the reason for staging the coup was that they suspected the November 2020 election to be rigged.</span></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a> Myanmar's Suu Kyi jailed for four years: govt spokesman <a href="https://t.co/hnEXvgYNwX">pic.twitter.com/hnEXvgYNwX</a></p> &mdash; AFP News Agency (@AFP) <a href="https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1467731673014239232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 6, 2021</a></blockquote> <script src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>(This is a Breaking News. Please refresh for more...)</strong></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p> <script src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script> </p>