Suu Kyi makes appearance in court

YANGON: Deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in a junta court yesterday on trial for sedition and for flouting Covid restrictions during an election her ousted party won in a landslide.

Under house arrest and invisible bar a handful of court appearances, Suu Kyi has been hit with an eclectic raft of charges, including accepting illegal payments of gold and violating a colonial-era secrecy law.

The special court in Naypyidaw yesterday heard testimony she violated Covid-19 restrictions during elections last year that her National League for Democracy party won in a landslide, her lawyer said, and testimony about separate sedition charges.