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If you're bold enough to call the entire race as a terrorist group.
A court found her guilty [on Friday] of corruption because she had not followed regulations in renting a helicopter for a government minister.
She had already been convicted of 14 different crimes including breaching Covid public safety rules, importing walkie-talkies and violating the official secrets act.

Boy, that all sounds vague & spurious.  Before I look into it: anybody think ASSK was criminally handing out joyrides in helicopters to the detriment of the nation? >

On the one hand, I feel like they're railroading her. On the other hand, I also think she's a piece of shit who deserves this, but for other reasons. Is this karma? >

I'm ootl, why is she a pos? >

Without committing to the details, she's a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who later served as Myanmar's head of state during the human rights atrocities the government there perpetrated against the Rohingya people. Super bad shit - systematic rape and pillage, genocide, baby murder...the worst of the worst humanity does to each other.
It's complicated because of the military and political dynamics, and you should definitely look into how Facebook facilitated misinformation campaigns that drove things, but her hands are not clean. >

the military are the actual bad guys.  she is guilty of being afraid they would throw a coup if she tried to criticize them, which turned out to be accurate. >

She had her hands tied behind her back figuratively. >

Yup. Truth hurts sometimes, but is nonetheless true. >

she's 77 years old. Im sure another 7 years is relevant here. >

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 78%. (I'm a bot)


A Myanmar military court has sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to a further seven years in prison, taking her overall jail time to 33 years.
Amnesty International has previously said the "Relentless legal assault" on Ms Suu Kyi shows how the military has "Weaponised the courts to bring politically motivated or farcical charges against opponents".
The military's violent seizure of power last February triggered widespread demonstrations, prompting Myanmar's military to crack down on pro-democracy protesters and activists.


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Wow, she’ll be 100 by the time she’s out >

Math fucking genius >

I'd care a lot more if Suu Kyi hadn't gone along with abusing the Rohingya but if it's between a faux democratic figure who's allowing ethnic hatred, and an open military dictatorship doing the same I'm not supporting either one. >

She didn’t “go along,” she was always like this. The western public just wasn’t paying attention when she wasn’t in power. Before the Rohingya were the Chin up north, the Shan by the Chinese border, the Karen on the border of Thailand, the indigenous people of Miyek in the south. Burmese people, in general, are pretty actively against non Burmese and non-Buddhists in the country. And Myanmar is a country with a shit ton of ethnic minorities. The west just wasn’t paying attention until the Rohingya and well, Aung San Suu Kyi thought it could be business as usual. >

You're not disagreeing with me you're assuming I thought there was some change. I say she went along because she didn't have command of the army itself, I agree she actively supported it. >

I hope we get to one day fully understand the forces going on in her life and her country. I don't think we'll ever know the full truth and this sentence will see to it. >

Holy crap, I remember writing a paper about her in 8th grade. Reading up on her now, just wow. She was supposed to be a symbol of progress for her country, not become the thing people despised. >

Myanmar military literally want her die in jail. >

It's easy - and fully justified - to be disgusted with her. But her "leadership" was always an illusion. The only power she ever held was what the junta granted her… and then took away once she was no longer useful to them.
I don't particularly care anymore what happens to her personally, but the junta's continued lawlessness should always be challenged. >

Dang!  She sure bounces in and out. >

She did join the devil after that Nobel >

Oh nooooo, well anyway. >

She was Myanmar’s Slobodan Milsevic. Fuck the Tadamadaw, but Suu Kyi had it coming. >

Shame she did not get a lot more for her work in Rohingya >

That was the work of the Junta, they did not allow her any control. >

She is literally known to have hated Muslims and rohingya since the early 2010's bozo, stop defending that pos >

Her freaking right man was literally the Muslim before he was being assassinated by the military. Wtf are you talking??? >

I'll tell you the funny thing. The military coup is bad obviously, but that lady is actually as bad as that (if not worse) commiting a genocide toward the Rohingya people. I don't feel bad about her at all.