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Myanmar's Suu Kyi 'gravely concerned' about coronavirus
Khin Maung Zaw said Suu Kyi voiced her concern during a meeting of her legal team before a court appearance on Monday. Suu Kyi has been detained since a Feb. 1 coup and is on trial charged with multiple offences, which her legal team reject, Reuters reported.
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In this file photo taken on July 17, 2019, Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi attends the opening ceremony of the Yangon Innovation Centre in Yangon. Detained Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on May 24, 2021 voiced defiance in her first public comments since being held in a coup, vowing her ousted political party would (AFP/STR)
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yanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi is "gravely concerned" about the country's worsening coronavirus situation, her lawyer said on Monday.
Khin Maung Zaw said Suu Kyi voiced her concern during a meeting of her legal team before a court appearance on Monday. Suu Kyi has been detained since a Feb. 1 coup and is on trial charged with multiple offences, which her legal team reject, Reuters reported.
Cases are spiking in Myanmar, with the State Administration Council -- as the military junta calls itself -- reporting more than 3,400 new cases Sunday, up from fewer than 50 per day in early May.
Suu Kyi was deposed by the military in February, sparking a mass uprising and a brutal crackdown. More than 890 civilians have been killed by the junta's forces, according to a local monitoring group.
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On Monday a prosecution witness set to testify that she flouted coronavirus restrictions during elections her party won in a landslide last year "was absent on account of Covid-19 infection", her lawyer Maung Zaw told reporters, quoted by AFP.
A second witness gave testimony on the same charges, and the court also heard evidence on separate charges that Suu Kyi illegally imported and possessed walkie talkies, he said.
The Nobel laureate, 76, and all members of her staff have been fully vaccinated while in military custody, her lawyer Min Min Soe told reporters last week.
She did not give details on when Suu Kyi -- who is believed to have received a first dose before her government was deposed -- had received the jab, or what vaccine she was given.
The ousted leader "voiced her grave concern for the people during the third wave of Covid-19" during Monday's pre-trial meeting, Khin Maung Zaw said.
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Suu Kyi and former president Win Myint -- who also faces charges of flouting Covid-19 restrictions -- both appeared in good health, he added.
Cut off from the outside world except for brief meetings with her legal team and her court appearances, Suu Kyi faces a raft of charges that could see her jailed for more than a decade.
