San Suu Kyi charged in fresh corruption cases

Prosecutors in Myanmar have opened fresh corruption cases against Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other former officials from her government. The cases on Thursday are the latest of a series brought against elected leader Suu Kyi, who was overthrown by the army on February 1 in a coup that has plunged the Southeast Asian country into chaos. The state-run Global New Light of Myanmar quoted the Anti-Corruption Commission as saying the accusations related to the misuse of land for the charitable Daw Khin Kyi Foundation, which she chaired, as well as earlier accusations of accepting money and gold. It said case files had been opened against Suu Kyi and several other officials from the capital Naypyidaw at police stations on Wednesday. “She was found guilty of committing corruption using her rank. So she was charged under Anti-Corruption Law section 55,” the paper said. That law provides for up to 15 years in prison for those found guilty. Reuters was not immediately able to reach Suu Kyi’s lawyers for comment.