On charges of high treason, one of his family members said.
Win Htein, 79, is a stalwart supporter of Suu Kyi and a long time political prisoner during decades campaigning to end army rule.
Win Htein’s daughter, Chit Suu Win Htein, said in a message to Reuters: “So this is as we expected. It's not a surprise but it's a sad and outrageous thing to hear about the ridiculous sentencing. Perpetrators of this injustice will be held accountable for this ... Please hold on people! We will win!”
In her first court testimony https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/myanmars-suu-kyi-denies-junta-charge-incitement-cause-alarm-media-2021-10-26 on Tuesday she denied a charge of incitement in connection with her party publishing a letter in February calling on international organisations not to cooperate with the ruling military junta.
That was after Myanmar's former president Win Myint said during his court testimony that the military had tried to force https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/ex-myanmar-president-says-army-tried-force-him-cede-power-hours-before-coup-2021-10-12 him to relinquish power hours before the coup, in comments which challenged the military's insistence that no coup took place.
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