Myanmar's junta accuses Suu Kyi of taking bribes worth 500,000 euros and 11 kilos of gold

Slowly, the military junta of Myanmar (formerly Burma) is revealing new charges against the former

leader

the civilian government, Aung San Suu Kyi.

First, it was the illegal possession of

.

Then, not having respected the sanitary restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic and "inciting public disorder".

This Thursday they have taken another step by announcing the most serious of the entire litany of accusations against the Nobel Peace Prize winner: having allegedly accepted bribes worth 600,000 dollars (about 500,000 euros), in addition to an amount of gold, specifically 11 , 2 kilos, according to the agency France Presse.

Meanwhile, the attacks by the security forces against civilians who demand the return of the leader in the streets continue, with at least 12 dead this Thursday, according to the Association for Political Prisoners of Myanmar, in one of the bloodiest days since the coup of February 1.

“We have learned that Aung San Suu Kyi herself accepted $ 600,000 and 11.2 kilograms of gold.

The anti-corruption commission has launched an investigation, ”said General Zaw Min Tun, Army spokesman, at a press conference held this Thursday in the capital, Naypyidaw, without specifying evidence or providing details, although the complaint would have come from Mien Thein , a senior minister from Yangon.

Of all the charges against Suu Kyi, 75 years old and arrested since the military coup, the latter is the most serious and it is not ruled out that others will succeed her.

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The excuse for the military coup was the alleged fraud of Suu Kyi's party, the National League for Democracy (NLD, for its acronym in English) after its landslide victory in the elections last November.

Since then, the board has announced at an almost weekly rate the charges against him, which the environment of the Nobel Peace Prize considers politically motivated.

The trial is being held in secrecy, and Suu Kyi attended a hearing by video conference on March 1.

The next session is expected to take place on the 15th of this month.

The 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner became the

leader

the country when the NLD won the 2015 elections, although she could not occupy the presidency due to a constitutional clause created

by the military that prevents those with children from taking office. Foreigners: The Lady, as she is also known, has two, from her marriage to the late British scholar Michael Aris.

The military junta has expressed its intention to call elections when the state of emergency ends, in a period of one or two years.

To remove the NLD from the political scene, the uniformed have been radicalizing their attacks against the formation.

In addition to the arrest of Suu Kyi, President Win Myint and dozens of their representatives, at least two members of the party have died in police custody in recent days, showing signs of torture, according to the organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) .

Despite the military's attempts to intimidate the League, a group of members still at large has announced the formation of an alternative government, with the aim of being recognized as an interlocutor by the international community.

In parallel, the Army - known as the Tatmadaw - and the police continue the attacks against the thousands of civilians who demonstrate daily in various locations around the country.

This Thursday, at least eight people died in the city of Myaing, in the center of the country, when security forces opened fire on protesters.

"We were protesting peacefully," a 31-year-old man told Reuters.

"I could not believe what they were doing," he added.

In addition, another person has died in Yangon, the economic capital, where some of the most massive protests take place since the riot, after being shot in the head.

In Mandalay, another death was recorded, according to Reuters.

Some 70 people have died during protests since the coup due to police and military violence, and some 2,000 have been detained, reports the Association for Political Prisoners of Myanmar.

The violence this Thursday has increased after the condemnation of the repression in the country carried out on Wednesday by the UN Security Council.

Amnesty International (AI) describes the violent attacks by the security forces as "massacres", and denounces that the Tatmadaw is using "weapons of war" against defenseless civilians and carrying out "planned killings".

"These are not the actions of overwhelmed individuals who make poor decisions as a result," said Joanne Mariner of AI in a statement.

"They are unrepentant military personnel who are already involved in crimes against humanity and openly deploy their troops and murderous methods," he adds.