Myanmar authorities open new corruption instances in opposition to Suu Kyi

New corruption instances have been opened in opposition to Myanmar’s deposed chief Aung San Suu Kyi and different former officers from her authorities, the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar stated on Thursday.
The instances are the most recent of a collection introduced in opposition to elected chief Suu Kyi, who was overthrown by the military on February 1 in a coup that has plunged the Southeast Asian nation into chaos.
The state newspaper quoted the Anti-Corruption Commission as saying the accusations associated to the misuse of land for the charitable Daw Khin Kyi Foundation, which she chaired, as nicely as earlier accusations of accepting cash and gold.
It stated case recordsdata had been opened in opposition to Suu Kyi and a number of different officers from the capital Naypyidaw at police stations on Wednesday.

“She was found guilty of committing corruption using her rank. So she was charged under Anti-Corruption Law section 55,” the paper stated.
That legislation gives for as much as 15 years in jail for these discovered responsible.
Reuters was not instantly in a position to attain Suu Kyi’s legal professionals for remark.
Cases Suu Kyi already confronted ranged from the unlawful possession of walkie-talkie radios to breaking the Official Secrets Act. Her supporters say the instances are politically motivated.

The military overthrew Suu Kyi saying her occasion had cheated in November elections, an accusation rejected by the earlier election fee and worldwide screens.
Since then, the military has failed to determine management.
It faces day by day protests, strikes which have paralysed the economic system by opponents of the junta, a rash of assassinations and bomb assaults and a resurgence of conflicts in Myanmar’s borderlands.