(Reuters) – Myanmar’s navy authorities accused senior United Nations officers on Thursday of interference and making judgments primarily based on “distorted information”, days after a storm of worldwide criticism over the jailing of deposed chief Aung San Suu Kyi.
U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet was amongst a number of officers who denounced on Monday of Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s elected chief who was ousted in a Feb. 1 coup.
“It is just not acceptable to make one-sided judgment towards the choice of the court docket which falls inside the home jurisdiction of a sovereign nation. Such acts represent interference within the judiciary course of and inside affairs of Myanmar,” the junta’s international ministry stated in an announcement.
Suu Kyi, 76, was sentenced to 4 years, commuted to 2, for incitement and COVID-19 violations, the primary amongst almost a dozen circumstances towards her. She denies all the fees.
Of the decision, the ministry stated everybody was equal earlier than the court docket and nobody above the regulation.
Myanmar’s relationship with the worldwide group has deteriorated sharply because the coup and ties with its closest diplomatic neighbours have been severely examined, with the junta ignoring calls to halt hostilities towards civilians and political opponents that it name “terrorists”.
The international ministry criticised the president of the U.N. Security Council, the U.N. particular rapporteur on Myanmar, the secretary-general’s spokesperson and the U.N.’s resident coordinator in Myanmar.
Referring to a protest on Sunday at which 5 folks have been killed when safety forces rammed a automobile into the group, the ministry stated state media had supplied an correct account of occasions, in contrast to the United Nations, which “intentionally referred to allegations and unverified on-line info”, it stated.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly objects (to) such statements which intrude in home jurisdiction and depend on distorted information,” it stated.
(Reporting by Martin Petty; Editing by Nick Macfie)
