NAYPYITAW, 01 December 2021, (TON): A court in Myanmar has delayed the first verdicts in the trial of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi until early December.

The Nobel Peace Prize winner has been detained since the military seized power in a February 1 coup after her National League for Democracy (NLD) party won a landslide re-election in November 2020. Aung San Suu Kyi faces two years in prison for the incitement charge, in relation to anti-coup statements released by the NLD when she was already being held incommunicado in military custody.

She is also accused of violating the Natural Disaster Management Law for violating crowd restrictions by attending a campaign rally last year when she waved to a convoy of supporters passing by her house.

The 76-year-old is facing a raft of other charges, including unsubstantiated allegations of corruption and election rigging that could see her jailed for the rest of her life.

The postponed verdicts have been rescheduled for December 6, when Aung San Suu Kyi was also expected to hear a verdict for two charges related to illegally possessing walkie-talkies.