Election Fraud Trial of Ousted Myanmar Leader Aung San Suu Kyi Begins

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi went on trial on Monday on election fraud charges, the latest in a series of criminal prosecutions by the military-run government in which she has already been sentenced to six years in prison.

The army seized power and arrested Suu Kyi in February last year, claiming widespread voter fraud in the 2020 general election, an allegation not corroborated by independent election observers. Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party won the election by a landslide, while the military-backed party did poorly.

The military’s takeover prompted widespread peaceful protests and civil disobedience that security forces suppressed with lethal force. About 1,500 civilians have been killed, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners. Some opponents of the military have turned to armed resistance in response.

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I have a pedestrian understanding of Burma and am not huge in getting involved in the internal affairs of other nations, but I am aware that the Rohingya were ethnically cleansed, raped, burned out, children killed, and eventually, the military forced 900k of them out of their homes to go live in shipping containers in Kutupalong and Nayapara refugee camp creating an international humanitarian crisis that most people over here don't even know about. The one person that should have screamed from the rooftops for help was Aung, and she seemed to defend it. I do not have a whole lot of sympathy for her.