Myanmar government leader Aung San Suu Kyi gets additional five-year prison sentence for corruption

A junta court in Myanmar has found ousted government leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of corruption and sentenced her to five years in prison. This is reported by the AFP and Reuters news agencies, based on sources familiar with the case. The 76-year-old Nobel laureate was accused of taking bribes, among other things. For example, 600,000 dollars (about 564,000 euros) in cash and gold bars would have been received.

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