The movement to restore democracy has evolved into deadly warfare between a ruthless,well-supplied military and a broad but poorly armed resistance movement.
Convictions in the other cases could bring sentences of more than 100 years in prison in total for a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
The military junta in the south-east Asian nation is stepping up its mission to “annihilate” its opponents in a campaign of airstrikes and village burnings.
Australian Sean Turnell,an economic adviser to deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi,was not among those pardoned.
A court on Monday found the Nobel laureate guilty of illegally importing and possessing the devices and violating coronavirus restrictions.
A so-called statement of pardon was later issued stating that the Nobel laureate’s term had been halved and that she would be detained at her current location and not in prison.
No journalists,diplomats or observers were allowed into the especially built court hearing the ousted leader’s testimony.
Suu Kyi faces charges of accepting bribes,conspiring to carry out corruption in real estate,plus sedition,flouting COVID-19 restrictions and importing walkie-talkies.
Friends of Australian Sean Turnell fear that the junta need to convict him if they’re to find Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of passing information to foreigners.
Australian Sean Turnell,deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi,and others will face court on June 23,with lawyers concerned no legal representation will mean no transparency with the hearing.
For the first time since Myanmar’s military locked her up in a pre-dawn raid as part of its coup on February 1,Aung San Suu Kyi has been seen in person when she sat briefly at a court hearing.