Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to five years in jail for corruption

In this file photo taken on November 5, 2015, the National League for Democracy leader and head of the National League for Democracy NLD Aung San Suu Kyi leaves the stage after speaking at a press conference from her residential compound in Yangon. According to the State Administration Council's Information Team, ROMEO GACAD AFP YANGON AUNG San Suu Kyi was sentenced on Wednesday to five more years of imprisonment after being found guilty of corruption.

She was convicted of accepting gold bars and cash payment from former Yangon region chief minister Phyo Min Thein, the Information Team's leader Zaw Min Tun told Xinhua.

The case against Aung San Suu Kyi, under Section 55 of the Anti-Corruption Law, was prosecuted by an official from the Anti-Corruption Commission.

Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to six years of imprisonment in two separate verdicts, including illegally importing and possessing walkie-talkies, violating coronaviruses restrictions and sedition.