Suu Kyi and the ex-mayor are slated to testify later. The trial is being held at a special court in the capital Naypyitaw, whose former mayor, Myo Aung, is the third defendant. Incitement, defined as spreading false or inflammatory information that could disturb public order, is sometimes referred to as sedition and punishable by up to three years’ imprisonment. Win Myint was giving testimony at his trial on charges of incitement, in which the country’s ousted top leader, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, is his co-defendant. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File)īANGKOK - Myanmar’s former President Win Myint, forced out of office eight months ago when the army seized power, testified Tuesday that he defied a demand from the military to resign, saying he would “rather die,” his lawyers said. A court in Myanmar has agreed to change the venue for the trial of an Australian economist and advisor to Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi accused of violating the Southeast Asian nation’s official secrets law. 17, 2019, file photo, Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during a joint press conference with Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Western countries have insisted that the embargoes will remain in place until an estimated 2,100 political prisoners are released.FILE - In this Dec. The unusual openness shown by Myanmar's leaders is aimed in part at boosting their image abroad, with a view to consolidating power at home and ending decades of Western sanctions. Moreover, on Thursday President Thein Sein, the country's first civilian president, called for several armed ethnic rebel groups to hold peace talks with the government to end decades of hostilities. Other recent signs of the government's softening stance include an invitation to the International Monetary Fund to advise it on how to manage problems with its kyat currency and a series of meetings between senior government officials and Western delegations. The military's 49-year grip on power officially ended in March of this year, when the ruling State Peace and Development Council made way for a nominally civilian government led mostly by retired generals. It was stripped of its status as a political party as a result. Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy Party (NLD), which won the 1990 elections but was never allowed to take power by the junta, boycotted the poll because of rules that seemed designed to exclude her from participating. The army ensured it would dominate both parliament and the new cabinet. She spent most of the past two decades in jail or under house arrest and was released only last November after national elections that were widely criticized as being a sham took place. The daughter of Myanmar's late independence hero General Aung San is the figurehead of Myanmar's fight against military dictatorship. Thein Sein is Myanmar's first civilian president
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