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Myanmar: Suu Kyi dismisses former chief minister’s bribery claims against her as ‘absurd’

NAYPYITAW, 05 October 2021, (TON): Detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi has denied claims by her ousted government’s former Yangon chief minister that he gave her bribes, describing his testimony last week as “absurd.”

Phyo Min Thein told a court on Friday that he had paid Suu Kyi $600,000 and given her 11.4kg of gold in exchange for protection and support for his businesses.

Thein Oo, justice minister for Myanmar’s underground government, suggested after the hearing that Phyo Min Thein may have acted under duress.

Suu Kyi appeared at the court in Zabuthiri Township in Naypyitaw on Monday to defend herself against separate charges of violating Covid-19 rules during last year’s election campaign and of illegally importing walkie-talkies.

She made the remarks about Phyo Min Thein while speaking with her lawyers during a 30-minute meeting ahead of her hearing.

“She said she had no specific comments and it was ‘all absurd,’” her lead defence lawyer Khin Maung Zaw told media.

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