AUNG San Suu Kyi’s lawyer has rejected junta allegations of corruption against Myanmar’s deposed civilian leader as “groundless”, calling it “illegal mudslinging” by the generals who seized power from her. “I’ve never seen such illegal mudslinging.”The veteran human rights lawyer – who in the past went up against Suu Kyi’s administration in defending two journalists reporting on the Rohingya crisis – said he had his differences with her. The six journalists, all arrested on Feb 27, were not brought to court but attended the hearing viateleconference from prison. At least 35 journalists have been arrested since the Feb 1 coup, Myanmar Now reported, of whom 19 have been released. A junta spokesman told a news conference on Thursday that the military respected and valued press freedom but that the arrested journalists were provoking unrest.

Source: The Star March 13, 2021 01:03 UTC