From our correspondent in Asia
She keeps this aristocratic demeanor, bordering on arrogance, even on the dock.
Above the white surgical mask, the jet-black eyes of Aung San Suu Kyi scrutinize the court with impassive composure, beyond the railing of the box which imprisons him, under the surveillance of a uniformed security guard.
Her long salt and pepper hair gathered in a ponytail crowns her slender figure tucked into a traditional pastel dress, in this rare shot taken in the courtroom forbidden to journalists.
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At 75, the "Lady of Rangoon" looks like an anonymous distinguished retiree sitting in her chair, listening to the inept indictment delivered by the judges at the boot of the new Burmese junta.
The
“State Counselor”
deposed by General Min Aung Hlaing's coup d'état on February 1, however, is playing for political survival in this pale-lit courtroom in Nay Pyi Daw, the capital of Myanmar, where Prosecution witnesses have been parading since Monday.
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