Myanmar court postpones verdict in second case against Suu Kyi

A court docket in military-ruled Myanmar postponed its verdicts Monday on two expenses in opposition to ousted chief Aung San Suu Kyi wherein she is accused of importing and possessing walkie-talkies with out following official procedures, a authorized official accustomed to the case mentioned.

The case within the court docket within the capital, Naypyitaw, is amongst many introduced in opposition to the 76-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate because the military seized energy on Feb. 1, ousting her elected authorities and arresting high members of her Nationwide League for Democracy occasion.

The court docket gave no motive for delaying the verdicts till Jan. 10, in keeping with the authorized official, who insisted on anonymity for concern of being punished by the authorities, who’ve restricted the discharge of details about Suu Kyi’s trials.

Suu Kyi’s occasion gained a landslide victory in final 12 months’s basic election, however the navy mentioned there was widespread electoral fraud, an assertion that impartial ballot watchers doubt.