Suu Kyi assures that her party, overthrown in Burma, "will exist as long as the people exist"

The deposed Burmese leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, appeared on Monday in person for the first time since the coup d'état before a special court in Naypyidaw and assured that her party, which the military junta has ordered to dissolve, “will exist as long as the people exist “.

“He wants his people to stay in good health, and he said the NLD [National League for Democracy] will exist as long as the people exist, because it was founded for the people,” lawyer Min Min Soe told AFP..

The ousted state councilor and foreign minister, who remains under house arrest in the Burmese capital, was able to meet privately with her lawyers for the first time, Frontier Myanmar reported.. . “We met with Amay Suu [Aung San Suu Kyi] for 30 minutes,” her lawyer said.. “There wasn't a lot of time to talk in 30 minutes, but he seemed in good health and in full confidence,” he said.

Since the February 1 coup, Myanmar has lived in chaos with almost daily protests and a nationwide civil disobedience movement, with more than 800 killed at the hands of the military, according to a local organization.

This morning's hearing is part of a process in which the Nobel Peace Prize winner faces five different charges such as the illegal importation of electronic devices or violating the regulations on Covid-19 in her country..