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.
Suu Kyi,75,faces a slew of charges since being overthrown by the army in a February 1 coup that cut short a decade of tentative democratic reforms and has plunged the South-East Asian country into chaos.
At least 20 people were killed by Myanmar’s security forces in the Ayeyarwady river delta region on Saturday after villagers armed with catapults and crossbows fought back against troops searching for weapons,local media and residents said.
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.
The Australian government is being urged to introduce new sanctions on Myanmar’s military government in a document sent to Foreign Minister Marise Payne.
Countries in the bloc have requested a UN resolution dealing with the brutal crackdown by the military be altered to remove a ban on weapon sales.
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.
Myanmar’s detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi vowed her pro-democracy political party would continue its work despite being slated for dissolution in her first public appearance since her government was overthrown in a military coup.
Teachers have been pressured to accept the coup as junta leader Min Aung Hlaing said deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi was healthy at home,in his first interview since he seized power.
With the military seizing power in a February 1 coup and killing hundreds of protesters,Thuzar Wint Lwin hopes to use her platform to call attention to Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement.
Australian diplomats have begun talking to Myanmar’s government in exile but Australia won’t impose additional sanctions against the country’s military government.