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Myanmar puts Suu Kyi on trial on charges critics call bogus

by Grant Peck
| June 16, 2021 12:09 AM

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi went on trial Monday on charges that many observers say are an attempt by the junta that deposed her to eliminate her as a political force, erase the country’s democratic gains and cement the military’s power.

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