Myanmar court sentences Aung San Suu Kyi to 6 more years in prison

State of play: The four counts facing her on Monday pertained to allegations that Suu Kyi had abused her role as the country's leader to build herself a house with money donated to a charity she chaired, to rent property on behalf of the same charity and to rent public land at below market prices for the charity, AP reported.

• Suu Kyi denied the charges against her and her lawyers intend to appeal the verdict, per AP.

The big picture: Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party won in a landslide, but the military overthrew the government and detained her and other officials in a coup in February 2021.

• The coup sparked protests that saw the military junta launch a widespread crackdown, with security forces killing hundreds of activists and arresting thousands of others.
• Since the coup, more than 15,000 people have been arrested for opposing military rule, with 12,000 remaining in detention, according to the monitoring group, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.