The director general of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement (MoSWRR) was cross-examined during the hearing for the case number 50 in which U Win Myint and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi were charged under the Anti-Corruption Law over helicopter maintenance, according to a source related to the case.
Former President U Win Myint and former State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in the special court set up in Nay Pyi Taw Prison on September 13.
At the trial, Case No.50 out of the Case Nos.46, 47, 48, 49 and 50 in which both were charged with corruption for causing a loss to the state funds as they abused their power in renting and buying the helicopter without following the financial rules.
Moreover, another plaintiff witness was questioned for Case No.46. The next hearing is set on September 19.
Both were charged under the Anti-Corruption Law following the investigation that they abused their power in renting a helicopter and buying another in the period from 2019 to 2021 with the national disaster fund on the pretext of disaster prevention tasks under the National League for Democracy government and did not follow the financial regulations. They were accused that they granted permissions with the official letters. Such doings caused a loss to state funds and possessions.
U Win Myint has already sentenced to five years in prison, while Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the previous cases.
