YANGON
\nA Myanmar junta court jailed Aung San Suu Kyi for six years for corruption on Monday, a source close to the case said, taking the ousted leader\u2019s prison time to 17 years.
\nSuu Kyi, 77, has been detained since the generals toppled her government in a coup on February 1 last year, ending the Southeast Asian country\u2019s brief period of democracy. She has since been hit with a series of charges, including violating the official secrets act, corruption and electoral fraud. She faces decades in jail if convicted on all counts.
\nShe was sentenced to \u201csix years\u2019 imprisonment under four anti-corruption charges\u201d, said the source, who requested anonymity bec\u00ada\u00aduse they were not authorised to speak to the media.
\nEach charge carried a maximum of 15 years in jail. Suu Kyi was sentenced to three years for each, but three of the sentences would be served concurrently, the source said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
YANGON A Myanmar junta court jailed Aung San Suu Kyi for six years for corruption on Monday, a source close to the case said, taking the ousted leader\u2019s prison time to 17 years. Suu Kyi, 77, has been detained since the generals toppled her government in a coup on February 1 last year, ending the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-277708","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n