Myanmar's military accuses Suu Kyi of taking $600,000 and gold

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Myanmar's military rulers have accused

the ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi of
illegally accepting $600,000 (£430,000)
and gold.
The allegation is the strongest yet levelled
by the military since it overthrew Ms Suu
Kyi and the country's democratic leadership on 1 February.
No evidence was provided for the charge.
Meanwhile, rights group Amnesty has accused the military of going on a
"killing spree".
It said the military was using battlefield weapons on unarmed protesters
and carrying out planned killings.
"These are not the actions of overwhelmed, individual officers making
poor decisions," said Amnesty's Joanne Mariner. "These are unrepentant
commanders already implicated in crimes against humanity, deploying
their troops and murderous methods in the open."
What is the latest from the protests?
At least seven more people were killed by security forces on Thursday,
taking the total death toll to more than 60. Witnesses said some protesters
had been shot in the head.
Six of those deaths took place in the central town of Myaing.
A further death took place in the city of Yangon's North Dagon district,
where 25-year-old Chit Min Thu died after being shot in the head.
"No-one will be in peace until this situation ends. They were so cruel with
my son," his mother Hnin Malar Aung told the AFP news agency.
What are the allegations against Suu Kyi?
Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun also accused President Win Myint and
several cabinet ministers of corruption.
Ms Suu Kyi's party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), won a
landslide victory in the polls last year, but the military now claims the
election was fraudulent.
Independent international observers have disputed the military's claim -
saying no irregularities were observed.
Ms Suu Kyi has been held for the past five weeks in an undisclosed
location and faces several charges including causing "fear and alarm",
illegally possessing radio equipment, and breaking Covid-19 restrictions.
The illegal payments charge levelled on Thursday was the most serious
so far. The value of the gold the military alleges she illegally accepted is
roughly £450,000.
Myanmar has been gripped by street protests since the military seized
control and detained Ms Suu Kyi. Her image has been held aloft by the
protesters.
The UN, US and a host of other countries have condemned the killing of
civilians in the crackdown against anti-coup protesters in Myanmar, and
called on the authorities to exercise restraint.
The military has dismissed criticism of its actions, instead blaming Ms
Suu Kyi for the violence.
Myanmar profile
Myanmar, also known as Burma, became independent from Britain in
1948. For much of its modern history, it has been under military rule
Restrictions began loosening from 2010 onwards, leading to free elections
in 2015 and the installation of a government led by veteran opposition
leader Aung San Suu Kyi the following year
In 2017, Myanmar's army responded to attacks on police by Rohingya
militants with a deadly crackdown, driving more than half a million
Rohingya Muslims across the border into Bangladesh in what the UN later
called a "textbook example of ethnic cleansing"