Adding corruption charges to the accusations against Suu Kyi, 75, could mean she faces a harsher penalty. “This accusation is the most hilarious joke,” Suu Kyi’s lawyer Khin Maung Zaw said in a statement posted on social media. ‘Crimes against humanity’Thursday’s deaths brought the number of protesters killed since the coup to more than 70, the AAPP said. Suu Kyi fought for decades to overturn military rule under previous juntas before the start of tentative democratic reforms in 2011. Junta spokesman Zaw Min Tun reiterated the military would only be in charge for a certain period before holding an election.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 12, 2021 06:33 UTC