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Suu Kyi faces corruption charges

The Myanmar junta has hit deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi with corruption charges over claims she accepted illegal payments of gold and more than half a million dollars in cash, state media reported Thursday.

Suu Kyi faces corruption charges
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The  country  has  been  in   turmoil   since   the   generals   ousted   Suu   Kyi   on   February   1,   with  nearly  850  civilians  killed  in  a  brutal  crackdown  by  security  forces  on  near-daily  protests    against    the    coup.

The    75-year-old  Nobel  laureate,  who  has  been in custody since the coup, is facing  a  raft  of  wide-ranging  criminal  charges,    including    sedition    and    breaching a colonial-era secrecy law.

The  latest  charges  relate  to  allegations  by  the  former  Yangon  region chief minister that Suu Kyi il-legally   accepted   $600,000   in   cash   from him along with around 11 kilograms of gold.

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