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Myanmar’s High Court declines to hear Suu Kyi’s appeals in 5 cases where sentences already commuted

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By GRANT PECK
Associated Press

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s Supreme Court has declined to hear special appeals from the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi against her convictions in five cases of which the head of the military-installed government already pardoned her earlier this month. Despite the amnesty, 78-year-old Suu Kyi’s legal team is continuing with the appeal process to prove her innocence, a legal official said Thursday while speaking on condition of anonymity. He said the cases include violating coronavirus restrictions, illegally importing and possessing walkie-talkies, as well as sedition. On Aug. 1, the head of the military government issued a clemency order pardoning Suu Kyi for the five cases for which she received six years’ prison time in all.

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