A lawyer for Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Myanmar\u2019s deposed civilian government, says his client missed her latest scheduled court appearance after she fell ill Monday.<\/p>\n
Her legal team said the 76-year-old Suu Kyi appeared ill and complained of being \u201cdrowsy\u201d during a pre-hearing meeting in the capital Naypyidaw.<\/p>\n
Min Min Soe later told reporters that Suu Kyi was suffering from \u201ccar sickness\u201d as she has not traveled by car over the last several weeks, and was taken back home to rest.<\/p>\n
Monday\u2019s scheduled hearing was a resumption of her trial on charges of illegally possessing unlicensed walkie-talkies. She also faces separate charges of violating the country\u2019s Natural Disaster Management Law for breaking COVID-19 restrictions while campaigning during last year\u2019s parliamentary elections, breaching the Official Secrets Act, inciting public unrest, misusing land for her charitable foundation, and accepting illegal payments of $600,000 in cash plus 11 kilograms of gold.<\/p>\n
Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace laureate, has been detained since February 1, when her civilian government was overthrown nearly three months after her National League for Democracy party scored a landslide victory in the elections.<\/p>\n
The junta has cited widespread electoral fraud in the November 8 election as a reason for the coup, an allegation the civilian electoral commission denied. <\/p>\n
The coup triggered a crisis in the Southeast Asian country that led to deadly anti-junta demonstrations and clashes between several armed ethnic groups and the ruling junta.<\/p>\n
Duwa Lashi La, the acting president of Myanmar\u2019s \u201cshadow\u201d National Unity Government, called for a revolt against junta \u201cin every corner of the country\u201d last week during a videotaped speech posted on social media.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: Voice of America<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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