<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Myanmar's junta sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday to another six years in prison for corruption, a source with knowledge of the case said, taking the Nobel laureate's total jail time to 26 years.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Suu Kyi "was sentenced to three years imprisonment each for two corruption cases" in which she had been accused of taking bribes from a businessman, the source said, adding that the terms would be served concurrently.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Detained since the putsch last year, Suu Kyi has already been convicted of corruption and a clutch of other charges by a closed junta court.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the latest case, the Nobel laureate -- who has been in military custody since the night of the coup -- was accused of taking bribes of $550,000 from businessman Maung Weik.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Suu Kyi -- who denies all charges against her -- appeared in good health and would appeal, the source added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She is currently on trial for five other corruption charges.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Journalists have been barred from attending the court hearings and Suu Kyi's lawyers have been banned from speaking to the media.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><b>- Confined -</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Suu Kyi has been the face of Myanmar's democratic hopes for more than 30 years and was previously a political prisoner. Since February 2021, she has once again been confined by the military, with her link to the outside world now limited to brief pre-trial meetings with lawyers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Many of her political allies have also been arrested since the coup, with one chief minister sentenced to 75 years in jail.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Last year, a military broadcaster aired a video of Maung Weik saying that he had given Suu Kyi $550,000 over several years.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Maung Weik said he had donated money to senior government figures for the good of his business.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Southeast Asian nation has been in turmoil since the military seized power, sparking widespread armed resistance.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The junta has responded with a crackdown that rights groups say includes razing villages, mass extrajudicial killings and airstrikes on civilians.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">More than one million people have been displaced since the coup, according to the United Nations children's agency.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">More than 2,300 people have been killed and over 15,000 arrested since the military seized power, according to a local monitoring group. AFP</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "> bnbd24/kh</div>