Suu Kyi back in dock

NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, 76, was in court yesterday accused of funnelling charity money into a real estate investment, a source said, one of nearly a dozen graft cases against her carrying lengthy jail terms.

Suu Kyi was arrested during the military coup last year and found guilty of minor offences so far, among a multitude of charges that carry combined prison sentences of almost 190 years. The Nobel laureate is accused of accepting 11.4kg of gold and cash totalling $600 000 from her protege-turned-accuser, former Yangon chief minister Phyo Min Thein. The global community has called the trials a farce. | Reuters