Court Sentences Former Myanmar Leader to Jail

A court in Myanmar has sentenced the country’s deposed leader Aung Kyi to four years in jail.

Spokesman for Myanmar’s military revealed that Kyi was found guilty of incitement and violating COVID-19 rules, adding that she received two years in prison on each of the two charges.

Former President Win Myint was also jailed for four years under the same charges.

Military has barred the deposed leader’s lawyers from communicating with the media and the public.