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Aung San Suu Kyi: Myanmar's democracy figurehead could face life imprisonment
Updated On: 08 December, 2021 11:29 AM IST | London | PTI
It`s a long way from 2015, when the world celebrated her party`s landslide election triumph and she assumed the role of state counsellor
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Aung San Suu Kyi. Pic/AFP
Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to two years in prison over breaches of the country`s Covid restrictions in the first of a number of trials, which – if she is found guilty of all the charges – could bring her a cumulative sentence of more than 100 years. She has been under house arrest since the country`s military took control in February. She denies all accusations against her. The verdict and jail sentence have been condemned by several international organisations, including the United Nations, the European Union and the UK government, which described the trial as “politically motivated”. She was originally sentenced to four years, but that was cut in half by the country`s military chiefs, according to state TV.
It`s a long way from 2015, when the world celebrated her party`s landslide election triumph and she assumed the role of state counsellor. She was prevented from occupying the presidency by the country`s constitution put in place in 2008 by the military junta, but was internationally acknowledged as the centre of power in the country`s first civilian government. Having been under house arrest for most of the period from 1989 to 2010, Aung San Suu Kyi`s election success leading the National League for Democracy (NLD) party was widely seen as her crowning moment, and a major opportunity for democracy in Myanmar. But her spectacular rise was matched by the speed of her fall from grace.
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