A number of ousted chief ministers in Magway, Rakhine and Mandalay who are also central executive members of the NLD have been charged with 505b, more commonly known as incitement. Lawyers have not been able to meet with either of them since they were detained in pre-dawn raids at the start of the coup. The lawyer added that they had no access to the hearing for Win Myint and that the video link was closed after Suu Kyi’s brief appearance. The judge told her that he is working on it,” lawyer Min Min Soe told Myanmar Now. “She said at the hearing that she wanted to meet with her lawyer. 1.ĭeposed President Win Myint was also accused of violating 505b during the Monday hearing, which was not broadcast to the public.Īttorney Min Min Soe, a member of Suu Kyi’s legal team, said she seemed to be in good health as she appeared via video link. The telecommunications charge is believed to be derived from the allegations over walkie-talkies which the military junta claimed were found when they searched her house on Feb. The 75-year-old already stands accused of illegally importing walkie-talkies in violation of the Export and Import Law, and of breaching the Natural Disaster Management Law for defying regulations aimed at curbing Covid-19 while campaigning in the election-the same charge filed against detained ally President Win Myint.
It carries a maximum one-year prison term. The second is for an alleged violation of the Telecommunication Law’s Section 67 for possessing or using any restricted communication equipment that requires a license. It is punishable by up to two years in prison, a fine, or both. The first of the new charges, bringing the total to four since her arrest, fell under Section 505b of the criminal code, which makes it illegal to issue “any statement, rumour or report” likely to induce members of the public to “commit an offence against the state”. 1 power grab that annulled the landslide general election victory of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party last year. The hearing took place a month after Suu Kyi was detained during the Feb. Ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi faced two additional charges on Monday during a hearing conducted by videolink a day after the bloodiest crackdown on anti-coup protesters killed at least 18 people across the country.
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