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Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar's Suu Kyi sentenced to 4 years in prison over walkie-talkies

Ousted leader is on trial in nearly a dozen cases; She denies all charges

Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in 2018.    © Reuters

A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced on Monday ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in jail on several charges including possession of unlicensed walkie-talkies, a source familiar with the proceedings said.

The court handed down a two-year sentence to Suu Kyi for breaching the export-import law by possessing the handheld radios and one year for having a set of signal jammers. The two sentences will run concurrently, said the source.

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