Burma’s Suu Kyi Hit by New Charges in Mandalay Court

Burma’s Suu Kyi Hit by New Charges in Mandalay Court
State Counsellor of Burma Aung San Suu Kyi attends the 22nd ASEAN Plus Three Summit in Bangkok, Thailand, on Nov. 4, 2019. Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters
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The deposed leader of Burma (also known as Myanmar), Aung San Suu Kyi, is facing four additional criminal charges, filed in a court in the country’s second biggest city Mandalay, her lawyer said on Monday.

The legal team has little information about what Suu Kyi was accused of but the charges included corruption and that two were also leveled at Min Thu, a former minister in her government, lawyer Min Min Soe told Reuters.