Former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to five years in prison

Aung San Suu Kyi ((PA)

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has convicted Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption and sentenced her to five years in prison on Wednesday in the first of several corruption cases against the country’s former leader.

The 76-year-old, who was ousted by an army takeover last year, had denied the allegation she had accepted gold and hundreds of thousands of dollars given to her as a bribe by a top political colleague.