The judge in the trial of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday rejected a motion to dismiss evidence central to a case that could see her jailed for up to two years for incitement.
Aung San Suu Kyi is accused of a series of offences ranging from bribery and violating coronavirus protocols to illegally possessing two-way radios and incitement to commit crimes against the state.
Her lawyers have rejected the allegations and her legal team head Khin Maung Zaw said the prosecution had entered evidence he believed was inadmissible, but the judge allowed it.
The evidence includes letters the prosecution says were issued by Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party in the days after the coup which were widely shared on social media.
One urged embassies not to recognise the junta, among several documents that Khin Maung Zaw said were signed by neither Suu Kyi nor her co-defendants, ousted President Win Myint and former Naypyitaw mayor Myo Aung.
Myanmar has been in chaos since the military took power, with protests and strikes, bombings, killings, and civilians taking up arms against the junta.
Hundreds of people have been killed by security forces, mostly civilians, and tens of thousands displaced by fighting.
Suu Kyi’s communication with the public has been via her lawyers. Legal team member Min Min Soe told reporters that Suu Kyi had urged people to stay united.
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