TOPSHOT - Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi looks on before the UN's International Court of Justice on December 11, 2019 in the Peace Palace of The Hague, on the second day of her hearing on the Rohingya genocide case. - Aung San Suu Kyi appears at the UN's top court today, 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 will this time be on the side of the southeast Asian nation's military when she takes the stand at the International Court of Justice. (Photo by Koen Van WEEL / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by KOEN VAN WEEL/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)
Police in Myanmar have filed a new charge against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in a move that may allow her to be held indefinitely without trial.
Suu Kyi, who was ousted in a military coup on Feb. 1, has already been charged with possessing walkie-talkies that were imported without being registered.
The new charge is for breaking a law that has been used to prosecute people who have violated coronavirus restrictions. It carries a maximum punishment of three years in prison and could allow her to be detained indefinitely without court permission.
Suu Kyi made a brief virtual appearance at a court in the capital Nay Pyi Taw on Tuesday. Her next court appearance is scheduled to take place on 1 March.
Protests continued Tuesday in Yangon, the country’s largest city, and elsewhere. Around 3,000 demonstrators, mainly students, returned to the streets of Mandalay, shouting for the return of democracy.
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