Burma’s Suu Kyi Makes First In-person Court Appearance Since Coup

In this image from Myawaddy TV, a photograph shown during a news report showing the appearance of deposed Burma leader Aung San Suu Kyi, former President Win Myint, sitting 3rd from right, and former Naypyitaw Council chairman Dr. Myo Aung before a special court, shown while a report about Suu Kyi's case is read by a news presenter in Naypyitaw, Burma, on May 24, 2021. Myawaddy TV via AP

BANGKOK—Aung San Suu Kyi, the ousted leader of Burma (also known as Myanmar), appeared in court in person on Monday for the first time since the military arrested her when it seized power on Feb. 1.

Burma state television MRTV broadcast on its evening news program the first photo of Suu Kyi, 75, since the coup. It showed her sitting straight-backed in a small courtroom, wearing a pink face-mask, her hands folded in her lap. Alongside her were her two co-defendants, former President Win Myint and Myo Aung, the former mayor of Naypyitaw, Burma’s capital.