Opposition Leader Gets a Suspended Sentence
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A court sentenced Myanmar opposition leader and Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to a week in jail for an offense stemming from a family dispute, but it suspended the punishment and let her go home. Suu Kyi was convicted of unlawful restraint for barring her cousin, Soe Aung, from the family compound in the capital, Yangon.
Aung Shwe, chairman of Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party, called the verdict “politically motivated.”
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