Myanmar junta says open to negotiations with ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi after her trial

Myanmar's military chief said on Friday (August 19) that the junta was open to negotiations with ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to end the crisis sparked by its coup after her trials in a junta court have reached a conclusion.

Junta chief said that he would consider allowing Suu Kyi to be moved to house arrest from prison but only after verdicts in a litany of cases against her have been reached.

Min Aung Hlaing said in a statement, "After the legal processes against her according to the law are finished we are going to consider (negotiations) based on her response."

The statement added, "I will consider the matter...after the verdict is done. We did not impose strong charges on her and showed mercy even though we were able to do more."

This comes days after Suu Kyi was convicted on more corruption charges by the court in military-ruled Myanmar. On August 15, the court sentenced her to another six years in jail in addition to the 11 she's already got.

The 77-year-old Nobel peace prize laureate denied all the charges and her lawyers are expected to appeal her sentencing by court.

On February 1, 2021, a coup d'état started in Myanmar when democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were deposed by the country's military.

Suu Kyiwas detained along with ministers and members of the parliament. Ever since Suu Kyi has been in custody and facing multiple charges.

During the court proceedings, journalists were not allowed to attend and even herher lawyers gagged from speaking to the media.

The junta chief said that the military regime's cases against Suu Kyi wereproceeding according to law.

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