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YANGON: Myanmar police have brought charges against the ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi for allegedly importing communications equipment illegally and will be in detention until February 15, according to a police document seen by Reuters on Wednesday (February 3).
Myanmar’s military seized power on Monday, detaining Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and truncating the transition to democracy in a takeover that has drawn condemnation from the United States and other Western countries.
A police request to a court detailing the allegations against Aung San Suu Kyi said that walkie-talkie radios had been found in a search of her home in the capital, Naypyidaw. He said the radios were illegally imported and used without permission.
The document revised on Wednesday called for the arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi “to question witnesses, request evidence and seek legal advice after questioning the accused.”
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A separate document showed that police brought charges against the ousted President Win Myint for crimes under the Disaster Management Act.
Reuters was unable to immediately reach the police, government or court for comment.
His National League for Democracy (NLD) party earlier said in a statement that his offices had been raided in various regions and urged authorities to stop what he called illegal acts after his victory in the November 8 elections.
“We have reliable information that the Dakhinathiri court has granted a 14-day pretrial detention from February 1 to February 15 against Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on the charge of violating the import / export law,” wrote Kyi Toe, press officer of the NLD, in a statement. update on their official Facebook page.
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Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior figures in the ruling party were detained in a morning raid on Monday.
Army chief Min Aung Hlaing seized power by fraud in the November 8 elections, which the NLD overwhelmingly won. The electoral commission had said that the vote was fair.
Suu Kyi endured some 15 years of house arrest between 1989 and 2010 while leading the country’s democracy movement and remains very popular at home despite damage to her international reputation by the flight of Rohingya Muslim refugees in 2017.
This is a story in development. Please update for updates.
