Her courtroom testimony in the capital Naypyidaw, nevertheless, was not publicly out there as a consequence of a gag order imposed on her authorized staff by the navy junta.
The 76-year-old Nobel laureate was testifying at her trial on one in every of a number of prices introduced in opposition to her. She had pleaded not responsible to the cost of incitement final month, alongside ousted President Win Myint, whose testimony on October 12 challenged the navy's insistence that no coup happened.
That cost stems from letters bearing their names that had been despatched to embassies urging them to not acknowledge the junta.
Suu Kyi, who was Myanmar's state counselor and de facto chief of the nation, has been hit with a raft of prison prices that would see her put behind bars for many years if discovered responsible.
They embody a number of prices of corruption -- which carry a most jail sentence of 15 years -- violating Covid-19 pandemic restrictions throughout the 2020 election marketing campaign, illegally importing and possessing walkie talkies, and breaking the colonial-era Official Secrets Act -- which carries a most sentence of 14 years in jail.
Myanmar's state media -- the mouthpiece of the junta -- has not reported on Tuesday's court proceedings and the hearings are closed to reporters and the public. The gag order imposed on Suu Kyi's authorized staff means there's now little avenue for the world to understand how her trial is progressing, or about her well being.
In September, Suu Kyi appeared "dizzy" as she heard prices and was deemed too unwell to attend court. Her lawyer in early October requested the court that hearings for every case be held each two weeks quite than each week, over considerations the busy schedule was having on her well being, in response to Reuters.
A navy spokesperson didn't reply CNN's requires remark.
Local media Myanmar Now reported that Suu Kyi "was able to defend her innocence very well." CNN can not independently confirm the report.
Suu Kyi and her ruling National League for Democracy occasion was overthrown when the navy seized energy in a February 1 coup, ostensibly over alleged election irregularities. She has been held in detention at an undisclosed location in the capital since then. Her attorneys and supporters take into account the costs in opposition to her to be politically motivated.
During his testimony final week, Win Myint, who was Myanmar's head of state, instructed the court that senior navy officers approached him on February 1 and instructed him to resign as a consequence of unwell well being.
Win Myint stated he declined the proposal, saying he was in good well being, in response to his lawyer. Officers then threatened his resolution would "cause harm" but Win Myint stated he would quite die than consent, the lawyer instructed CNN.
The gag order on Suu Kyi and Win Myint's attorneys was imposed following this listening to.
ASEAN snub over continued violence
Tuesday additionally marked the primary day of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders summit in Brunei. The summit started with out a consultant from Myanmar after the bloc excluded Gen. Min Aung Hlaing from attending over a failure to finish the violence, enable humanitarian assist into the nation and provides entry to an ASEAN envoy.
Myanmar has been wracked by violence, unrest and humanitarian crises for the reason that navy, led by Min Aung Hlaing, seized energy greater than eight months in the past.
In August, Min Aung Hlaing declared himself Prime Minister of a newly shaped caretaker authorities and stated elections can be held by 2023.
But there stays widespread public opposition to the junta. The months for the reason that coup have been marked with widespread bloodshed and violence because the junta cracked down on nationwide pro-democracy protests, a extended civil disobedience motion and growing battle with "people's defense forces" who're taking on arms in opposition to junta forces.
Almost 1,200 folks have been killed by safety forces for the reason that coup, and practically 9,200 have been arrested -- together with journalists, activists, protesters and anybody deemed in opposition of the navy -- with credible studies of torture, in response to human rights and advocacy group the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.
Last week, the navy introduced it was releasing 5,600 prisoners detained throughout the protests the coup. But dozens of political prisoners had been re-arrested moments after being launched, in response to human rights teams and eyewitnesses.
The junta has additionally disputed the variety of folks killed for the reason that coup and blames the violence on the National Unity Government (NUG) -- which operates primarily from overseas or undercover and considers itself the reputable authorities in Myanmar -- and varied ethnic armed organizations, which it labeled "terrorist groups."
Cape Diamond contributed reporting.
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