The pinnacle lawyer representing Myanmar’s ousted chief Aung San Suu Kyi stated on Friday (Oct 15) authorities within the military-ruled nation had imposed a gag order on him as a result of they stated his communications might trigger instability.
Myanmar’s state media has not reported developments in Aung San Suu Kyi’s a number of authorized circumstances, filed after she was ousted in a February coup, and her lawyer, Khin Maung Zaw, has been the one supply of public info on her trial and her wellbeing.
He stated in a Fb put up he had been barred from talking to media, diplomats, worldwide organisations and international governments and later posted particulars of the order.
“Khin Maung Zaw’s communications could trigger harassment, hurting an individual who’s appearing in accordance with the legislation, could trigger riots and destabilise the general public peace,” the order stated.
“Some native and international media retailers, unlawful media retailers and the media are inciting faux info that might destabilise the nation.”
A spokesman for the ruling army didn’t reply calls in search of remark.
Aung San Suu Kyi has been held in an undisclosed location for the reason that Feb 1 coup with no technique of speaking with the surface world aside from via her attorneys, who she meets solely in court docket.
She is charged with a litany of offences, together with breaking coronavirus protocols, illegally importing and possessing two-way radios, incitement to trigger public alarm and violating the Official Secrets and techniques Act.
In his most up-to-date correspondence with media on Tuesday, Khin Maung Zaw offered a abstract of the testimony of ousted President Win Myint, Aung San Suu Kyi’s co-defendant.
Khin Maung Zaw stated over textual content message that Win Myint had instructed the court docket the army had instructed him to resign hours earlier than the coup, warning he would in any other case be harmed. He stated he refused.
The lawyer stated Aung San Suu Kyi had requested him to make public Win Myint’s testimony, his first account on what happened earlier than the coup.
Aung San Suu Kyi led a civilian authorities after her occasion swept a 2015 election referred to as after the army stepped again from half a century of direct rule.
Junta spokesman Zaw Min Tun, in written remarks on Wednesday, stated Aung San Suu Kyi’s case was being dealt with pretty by a judiciary that was unbiased.
The February coup ended a decade of tentative steps in the direction of democracy and financial development after many years of authoritarian rule and financial stagnation.
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