Naypyidaw: The junta trial from Aung San Suu Kyi Myanmar will run longer than scheduled, her lawyer said on Monday, with prosecution still mentioning almost two dozen witnesses.
The leader who was overthrown by the coup, who was under house arrest, faced an eclectic raft of allegations in the trial that his legal team expected would be wrapped at the end of July.
But with 23 witnesses to leave, “Even near the prosecution side would not be possible” At that time, his lawyer Khin Maung Zaw said.
Suu Kyi was overthrown by the military in February, triggering a mass rebellion and brutal hard action.
More than 880 civilians have been killed by Junta forces, according to local monitoring groups.
Cut from the outside world except for a brief meeting with his legal team and his appearance, Suu Kyi appeared in a special court in the capital on Monday to hear four Junta witnesses testifying against it.
He was charged with canceling the restrictions of Coronavirus for 2020 elections that the League of National League for Democracy (NLD) won in landslides, and illegally imported and had a walkie talkie.
The Nobel Winner, 76, also faced separate charges to receive illegal gold payments and violate the laws of the confidentiality of the colonial era.
He can be imprisoned for more than a decade if punished with everything.
He was alert and appeared in good health at hearing on Monday, who also heard the testimony that the former president won Myint Myint Regulation, his lawyer Min Min Soe told AFP.
Journalists are prohibited from the process.
Last month, Suu Kyi used her first private court appearance with a voice disobedience against the junta, insisted that NLD would “exist as long as someone was founded for people”.
Junta Leader Min Aung Hlaing has confirmed to take his strength by claiming election fraud in the November poll, and has threatened to dissolve NLD.
In broadcast interviews on Monday, he told Russian news channel Ria Novosti that Junta would “definitely arrange a fair new selection,” after “taking the steps needed for them to take place,” without providing details.