In addition, she faced a charge of violating coronavirus restrictions for her appearance at a campaign event ahead of the elections last year.ĭr. She was accused of spreading false or inflammatory information that could disturb public order. The incitement charge Suu Kyi faced centered on statements posted on her party's Facebook page after she and other party leaders were detained by the military.

She is being held by the military at an unknown location - and state television reported that she would serve her sentence there. If found guilty of all the charges she faces, Suu Kyi could be sentenced to more than 100 years in prison. The cases against Suu Kyi are widely seen as contrived to discredit her and keep her from running in the next election - and many in the international community decried Monday's verdict as a farce. The people will be free only if we win the revolution, so work harder for the revolution.'

Htoo Ko, a medical doctor and popular travel blogger who is also an activist, wrote: 'œThey have expended their maximum effort in carrying out evil. They also took to social media, which has been an important arena for resistance to the military. Just as the takeover has been met with fierce resistance, so too was the verdict, including a spirited protest in the central city of Mandalay, where demonstrators chanted slogans and sang songs popularized during pro-democracy protests in 1988. Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party won that vote in a landslide, and independent election observers did not detect any major irregularities. 1 - the day the army seized power, claiming massive voting fraud in last year's election. The case is only the first in a series brought against the 76-year-old Suu Kyi since her arrest on Feb.

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