Tuesday 16 February 2021

Aung San Suu Kyi trial in Myanmar begins in secret amid warning of fresh protests

Court case begins a day early, without the knowledge of her lawyer and with fresh charges

The trial in Myanmar of Aung San Suu Kyi appears to have secretly begun a day early, without the knowledge or presence of her lawyer, shortly after the military regime filed a new charge against the deposed leader.

The UN’s special rapporteur Tom Andrews said he understood a “secretive trial” had already started and that a combination of expected mass protests on Wednesday and reports of large troop movements meant the military “could be on the precipice of … committing even greater crimes against the people of Myanmar”.

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