--- title: Myanmar Junta Court Gives Ex-Leader Suu Kyi More Jail Time description: It’s the fourth round of criminal verdicts against Suu Kyi since the 2021 coup and brings her total jail term to 17 years. canonical: https://time.com/6206145/myanmar-suu-kyi-prison/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2022-08-15T12:25:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T14:37:15.802Z article:section: World og:title: Myanmar Junta Court Gives Ex-Leader Suu Kyi More Jail Time og:description: It’s the fourth round of verdicts against Suu Kyi since the 2021 coup, bringing her total jail term to 17 years og:url: https://time.com/6206145/myanmar-suu-kyi-prison/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00b760180d5f4a8e/698a349822fb85012be2dc4b/GettyImages-1187902585.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: TOPSHOT-NETHERLANDS-MYANMAR-JUSTICE-ROHINGYA-GENOCIDE-GAMBIA og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Myanmar Junta Court Gives Ex-Leader Suu Kyi More Jail Time twitter:description: It’s the fourth round of verdicts against Suu Kyi since the 2021 coup, bringing her total jail term to 17 years twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00b760180d5f4a8e/698a349822fb85012be2dc4b/GettyImages-1187902585.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Myanmar Junta Court Gives Deposed Leader Aung San Suu Kyi 6 More Years in Jail > Sponsored content. 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Once hailed internationally for her defiance of Myanmar's junta, the Nobel peace laureate was this time on the side of the southeast Asian nation's military when she took the stand at the International Court of Justice. Aung San Suu Kyi appearing at the U.N.'s top court on Dec. 11, 2019, a day after the former democracy icon was urged to "stop the genocide" against Rohingya Muslims. Once hailed internationally for her defiance of Myanmar's junta, the Nobel peace laureate was this time on the side of the southeast Asian nation's military when she took the stand at the International Court of Justice. Koen Van Weel—ANP/AFP via Getty Images by [Khine Lin Kyaw/Bloomberg](https://time.com/author/bloomberg/) ## Khine Lin Kyaw/Bloomberg Contributor Aug 15, 2022 12:25 PM UTC Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to six more years in prison on Monday in a judgment that could further anger supporters of the 77-year-old Nobel peace prize laureate. A special court inside a prison compound in the capital Naypyidaw found her guilty of four corruption charges related to a charity named after her late mother, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity because the proceedings aren’t public. It’s the fourth round of criminal verdicts against Suu Kyi since the military seized power in a 2021 coup and brings her total jail term to 17 years, extinguishing any chance of her staging a political comeback while the junta remain in power. Mandalay Region High Court Judge Myint San ruled that Suu Kyi caused the State to lose more than 24.2 billion kyat ($13 million) by leasing land in Naypyidaw to build the headquarters and related projects of Daw Khin Kyi Foundation, a charity which supported public health and education, at a cheaper price than the rate set by the Internal Revenue Department, according to people familiar with the matter and state media. Earlier court sentences triggered public anger and intensified armed resistance led by the shadow National Unity Government. Junta troops have killed nearly 2,200 civilians and arrested more than 15,000 others since the coup, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, which this month said that prisoners in the country are suffering human rights violations. The junta had accused the deposed leader of misusing public donations to the foundation to build her residence in Naypyidaw and accepting bribes worth $550,0000 from a businessman as a donation to the charity in 2019 and 2020\. Suu Kyi denied all allegations and pleaded “not guilty.” **Read More:** [ _Can Myanmar’s Democracy Survive Without Aung Sang Suu Kyi?_](https://time.com/5935540/aung-san-suu-kyi-myanmar-democracy/) Three other senior officials, including deposed Naypyidaw mayor Myo Aung and his deputy Ye Min Oo, were sentenced to three years each in prison for the same charges, the person said. Major General Zaw Min Tun, lead spokesman of the ruling State Administration Council, didn’t immediately answer calls seeking comment on the ruling. Suu Kyi was “very strong and stable” when she heard the verdict and told the court she’ll appeal the decision, the people said. She will also testify in court on Thursday for a charge under the Official Secrets Act which she is defending together with her Australian adviser Sean Turnell. The former leader faces nine more charges, including violating the colonial-era Official Secrets Act and abuse of power to ensure her political party won the 2020 elections. If she’s found guilty, the remaining charges could add a maximum of 122 years more to her sentence if served consecutively. Earlier, Suu Kyi was sentenced a total of 11 years in prison by the same court for six charges, including illegally importing and possessing unlicensed walkie-talkies, breaking Covid rules and inciting dissent against the military. She has called the allegations “absurd,” while her supporters say the charges are politically motivated. The nation’s democracy icon was moved from her residence to an unknown location before her first trial began in camera in a state-owned compound in June 2021\. A year later, she was shifted to a military-built solitary confinement unit in Naypyidaw Prison. Journalists are not allowed to witness the court proceedings and Suu Kyi’s lawyers are banned from speaking to the media. **Read More:** [‘_The World Has Not Forgotten Us.’ A Rohingya Activist Speaks as Myanmar Faces Genocide Cas_ _e_](https://time.com/5748314/myanmar-rohingya-genocide-case/) The U.S. and allies have imposed sanctions on Myanmar military generals and supporters since the coup. Even other member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have been reluctant to cooperate with Myanmar after the junta executed four pro-democracy activists in its first use of capital punishment in over three decades. Last week, Asean foreign ministers said in a joint statement they were “deeply disappointed” by the limited progress in and lack of commitment of Myanmar authorities to the timely and complete implementation of a five-point consensus agreed earlier by Min Aung Hlaing, the military chief who seized power in the 2021 coup. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6206145/myanmar-suu-kyi-prison/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6206145/myanmar-suu-kyi-prison/"},"headline":"Myanmar Junta Court Gives Deposed Leader Aung San Suu Kyi 6 More Years in Jail","datePublished":"2022-08-15T12:25:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T14:37:15.802Z","description":"It’s the fourth round of criminal verdicts against Suu Kyi since the 2021 coup and brings her total jail term to 17 years.","url":"https://time.com/6206145/myanmar-suu-kyi-prison/","keywords":["wire","Londontime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00b760180d5f4a8e/698a349822fb85012be2dc4b/GettyImages-1187902585.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Khine Lin Kyaw/Bloomberg"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00b760180d5f4a8e/698a349822fb85012be2dc4b/GettyImages-1187902585.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TOPSHOT-NETHERLANDS-MYANMAR-JUSTICE-ROHINGYA-GENOCIDE-GAMBIA","caption":"TOPSHOT-NETHERLANDS-MYANMAR-JUSTICE-ROHINGYA-GENOCIDE-GAMBIA","creditText":"Koen Van Weel—ANP/AFP via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6206145/myanmar-suu-kyi-prison/","name":"Myanmar Junta Court Gives Deposed Leader Aung San Suu Kyi 6 More Years in Jail"}}]}] ```