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Yangon, Myanmar, Sep 13 (AFP): Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi skipped the resumption of her coronavirus-delayed trial in a junta court because she felt ill, her lawyer said Monday.
\nSuu Kyi was deposed by the military in a February coup that sparked a mass uprising. The junta launched a brutal crackdown to suppress opposition, and its forces have killed more than 1,000 civilians since, according to a local monitoring group.<\/p>\n
Cut off from the world except for brief meetings with her legal team and court appearances, the 76-year-old Suu Kyi faces a raft of charges that could see her jailed for more than a decade.<\/p>\n
Her trial on charges she violated coronavirus restrictions during elections her party won last year, and for illegally importing walkie-talkies, was due to resume Monday after a two-month pause.<\/p>\n
But Suu Kyi returned home after a pre-hearing meeting with her legal team as she had “car sickness”, her lawyer Min Min Soe told AFP.<\/p>\n
“She hasn’t gone anywhere by car in the last two months. That’s why she felt car sickness today… She said she needs to go back home to take a proper rest.”<\/p>\n
“We are really worried about her health,” Min Min Soe added.<\/p>\n
The lawyer said she understood that a doctor and nurse were on call at the compound where Suu Kyi is being held under house arrest.<\/p>\n
Two prosecution witnesses failed to appear at Suu Kyi’s last hearing in July after becoming infected with the coronavirus as Myanmar battled a third Covid-19 wave.<\/p>\n
The country’s virus response has been hampered by a mass civil disobedience campaign that has seen thousands of doctors, volunteers and civil servants stop work to protest against the military.<\/p>\n
Suu Kyi and her personal staff have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 since being taken into military custody, her lawyer told AFP in July.<\/p>\n
Journalists are barred from the proceedings against Suu Kyi, who also faces charges of sedition, accepting illegal payments of gold and violating a colonial-era secrecy law.<\/p>\n
She was also hit with new anti-corruption charges, Min Min Soe said Monday, although the trial dates had not yet been set.<\/p>\n
The junta has defended its power grab by alleging massive fraud during the 2020 elections that Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy won by a landslide.<\/p>\n
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