NAYPYITAW, 17 November 2021, (TON): State media reported “Myanmar's junta has charged ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi with committing electoral fraud during the 2020 polls.”

Myanmar has been in turmoil since a military coup in February sparked nationwide protests and a deadly crackdown on dissent.

Detained since the putsch, Suu Kyi, 76, faces a raft of charges including illegally importing walkie talkies, sedition and corruption, and faces decades in jail if convicted.

The latest charges entail "election fraud and lawless actions", state-run newspaper Global New Light of Myanmar reported, without giving details on when court proceedings would begin.

The report added “Fifteen other officials, including former president Win Myint and the former chairman of the election commission, face the same charge.”

Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party (NLD) saw its support increase in the 2020 vote compared to the 2015 election, trouncing a military-aligned party.

But the junta has cited fraud during the poll as its reason for seizing power and ending Myanmar's democratic interlude.