Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi makes first in-person court appearance

Alongside her were her two co-defendants, former president Win Myint and Myo Aung, the former mayor of Naypyitaw, Myanmar’s capital.

In this image from Myawaddy TV, a photograph shown during a news report showing the appearance of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, former president Win Myint, sitting 3rd from right, and former Naypyitaw Council chairman Dr. Myo Aung before a special court, shown while a report about Suu Kyi’s case is read by a news presenter in Naypyitaw, Myanmar (Myawaddy TV via AP)

Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has appeared in court in person for the first time since the military arrested her when it seized power on February 1.

State television MRTV broadcast on its evening news programme the first photo of Ms Suu Kyi since the coup.