Court in Myanmar again finds Suu Kyi guilty of corruption

By GRANT PECK
Associated Press

BANGKOK (AP) — A legal official says a court in military-ruled Myanmar has convicted the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption in the last of a string of criminal cases against her. The court’s seven-year sentence leaves her with a total of 33 years to serve in prison after a series of politically tinged prosecutions since the army toppled her elected government in February 2021. She has also been convicted of several other offenses that previously gave her a total of 26 years’ imprisonment. Her supporters and independent analysts say the charges against her are an attempt to legitimize the military’s seizure of power while eliminating her from politics before an election it has promised for 2023.