Burma’s military junta filed a new corruption charge against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday, its information ministry said, just days after the military reportedly burned down an entire village in the country’s northwest. The corruption charge was filed against Suu Kyi for allegedly accepting four payments totaling $550,000 from a private firm in donations to Daw Khin Kyi, a charity foundation named after her mother, while she was still in power, according to the ministry’s statement. The cases are among about a dozen brought against the 76-year-old Nobel laureate since the military seized power last February, ousting her elected government and arresting top members of her National League for Democracy Party. Each corruption charge carries a maximum of 15 years in prison. Suu Kyi has already been sentenced to six years in jail for illegally importing and possessing walkie-talkies, breaching coronavirus restrictions, and incitement against the military. …
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