THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY This April 8, 2021 file photo shows protesters walking through a market with posters of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the Kamayut township in Yangon. AP PHOTOBANGKOK: Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi went on trial on Monday in a new corruption case that alleged she took $550,000 in bribes from a construction magnate. Suu Kyi has been detained since the army ousted her elected government in February 2021 and has not been seen or allowed to speak in public since then. He said in his video that the money included $100,000 provided to Suu Kyi in 2018 for a charitable foundation named after her mother and also gave Suu Kyi $450,000 in payments from 2019 to 2020 for purposes he did not specify. Overall, Suu Kyi has been charged with 12 counts of corruption.

Source: Manila Times May 03, 2022 22:40 UTC