Tag: Suu Kyi

No bids as house of Myanmar’s Suu Kyi auctioned

- Agence France-Presse -

The lakeside mansion where Myanmar's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi spent years under house arrest went under auction on Wednesday with a minimum price of $150 million -- but attracted no bids, officials said. The two-storey house and 1.9 acres of land was put up for sale following a decades-long

Suu Kyi’s jail term extended to 26 years for graft

- Associated Press -

A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted the country's ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on two more corruption charges Wednesday, with two three-year sentences to be served concurrently, adding to previous convictions that now leave her with a 26-year total prison term, a legal official said. Suu Kyi, 77, was detained

Suu Kyi, Australian economist get 3 years in jail

- Times Report -

A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted former leader Aung San Suu Kyi in another criminal case Thursday and sentenced Australian economist Sean Turnell to three years in prison for violating Myanmar's official secrets act, a legal official said. Suu Kyi received a three-year sentence after being tried and convicted with Turnell

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi testifies in election fraud trial

- Times Report -

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi denied the accusations in an election fraud charge against her when she testified for the first time on the case Friday at the prison court in the capital Naypyitaw, a legal official said.  The army seized power from Suu Kyi's elected government in February