With severe restrictions on nonviolent protest, armed resistance has grown in the cities and the countryside to the point where UN experts have warned the country is sliding into civil war. The army's takeover was met by nationwide nonviolent demonstrations which security forces quashed with deadly force, killing nearly 1,300 civilians, according to a tally by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners. Suu Kyi remains widely popular and a symbol of the struggle against military rule. The army, whose allied party lost many seats, claimed there was massive voting fraud, but independent election observers did not detect any major irregularities. Her party won a landslide victory in last November's general election. The constitution bars anyone sentenced to prison from holding high office or becoming a lawmaker. The cases are widely seen as contrived to discredit Suu Kyi and keep her from running in the next election. It was unclear when a verdict will be issued. Zaw Myint Maung, is scheduled to testify, said the legal official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the government has restricted the release of information about the trial. The judge adjourned the proceedings until Dec.
The court was to deliver a verdict on Tuesday on charges of incitement and violating coronavirus restrictions. She also faces trials on a series of other charges, including corruption, that could send her to prison for dozens of years if convicted. 1, arresting her and blocking her National League for Democracy party from starting a second term in office. The verdict would be the first for the 76-year-old Nobel laureate since the army seized power on Feb. The court agreed with a defense motion that it allow a doctor who had previously been unable to come to court to add his testimony, a legal official said.
A court in Myanmar postponed its verdict on Tuesday in the trial of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to allow testimony from an additional witness.