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In an editorial, regime media again tried to use Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s marriage to a foreigner against her; the approach has never dented her unwavering popularity.
This time around, Aung San Suu Kyi’s arrest and removal from the presidency may generate much less support for her. Opponents of the military are increasingly being assailed by the army in violent atrocities.
On Monday, 76-year-old Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to 4 years in prison by a court. The military junta had accused the Burmese leader of inciting violence.
Put on trial by the generals who overthrew her elected government in a coup that cut short democratic reforms she had fought for decades to bring about, Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced on Monday (Dec 6) to four years in prison. The 76-year-old's sentence was later reduced to two years' detention in an undisclosed location.