Myanmar authorities have filed two additional charges against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi according to her lawyer, as protests in the country escalate following a bloody crackdown on protesters which killed at least 18 people.
Suu Kyi faces two more charges: namely violating a law on publishing information which may “cause fear or alarm,” and violating the telecommunications law which requires a license for the possession or use of restricted equipment.
The Nobel Peace laureate’s lawyer Atty. Min Min Soe said that she looked healthy during the court hearing through a video conference.
Prior to said charges, Suu Kyi was charged under the import law for illegally importing hand-held radios found in her home, as well as violating the Natural Disaster Management Law for breaching Covid-19 measures.
This, following the United Nations report that at least 18 were killed in violent crackdowns by security forces across the Southeast Asian country.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned the deadly crackdown in Myanmar, in a statement.
“I urge the international community to send a clear signal to the military that it must respect the will of the people of Myanmar as expressed through the election and stop the repression,” Guterres wrote on Twitter.
