Aung San Suu Kyi gets three years in prison for electoral fraud
Aung San Suu Kyi came to power in 2020 after winning the elections with a huge margin but a military coup in 2021 brought an end to her regime. The military also accused her of electoral fraud in the 2020 polls.
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Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to three years in prison after a court found her guilty of electoral fraud on Friday. Suu Kyi was already serving a 17-year sentence in Myanmar for a number of offenses which included corruption and incitement, according to Reuters.
Suu Kyi came to power in 2020 after winning the elections with a huge margin but a military coup in 2021 brought an end to her regime. The military also accused her of electoral fraud in the 2020 polls.
As a result of this ruling, the National League for Democracy will come under further pressure as the ruling government has already hinted at a possible ban on them ahead of the elections next year.
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