Police have filed multiple charges against democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was placed under house arrest after a military coup in Myanmar on Monday, after they searched her Home for multiple wireless radios suspected of illegally importing communications equipment.
According to foreign media reports, the Burmese military staged a coup in the early hours of Feb. 1, detaining Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint, among others. Aung San Suu Kyi’s whereabouts are unknown, but she is reportedly being held at her residence in Nay Pyi Taw, the capital.
According to police documents uncovered on Wednesday, police found multiple wireless radios during a search of Aung San Suu Kyi’s residence in Nay Pyi Taw, which the documents said were illegally imported and used without permission.
The police filed a number of charges against Aung San Suu Kyi, including violation of import and export laws, possession of illegal communication equipment, and a request to detain her. She has been remanded in custody until Feb. 15, police documents show.
Another document shows that police charged Win Myint with violating the National Disaster Management Law for allegedly meeting with supporters in a motorcade during the campaign.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) issued a statement earlier today noting that the party’s offices in several regions had been raided and urging the military to refrain from alleging alleged illegalities in last year’s election.
The Burmese military claimed that last November’s election was fraudulent to justify its seizure of power. “The National League for Democracy (NLD) won a landslide victory in the election.
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