"“There is no justice and no credibility when a so-called ‘trial’ takes place in secret, with no defense counsel, and a guilty verdict is declared in five minutes,” said the National Unity Government Union Minister of Justice U Thein Oo, commenting on the latest travesty perpetrated by the junta on State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. “This propaganda stunt reveals two things about this murderous junta, once again. First, that they are shameless about the farce of a legal system they have inflicted on the people of Myanmar. Second, that they are still terrified of the power of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi still has a symbol of courage in defense of democracy.” The junta pretended that they had evidence that the nation’s most respected leader had accepted $600,000 in bars of gold as bribes. Knowing her entire life has been devoted to fighting for the freedom of the people of Myanmar, including decades in prison and under house arrest, such a claim is clearly ridiculous. She dismissed it as, “All Absurd.” This week’s trial is only the latest in a series of fake trials the junta intends to subject the Myanmar leader to. Minister U Thein Oo declared that this type of cruel injustice will end with the restoration of democracy and the establishment of a fair and equitable justice system in a new Myanmar. The Ministry of Justice and the National Unity Government have already begun preparations to create a ‘Interim justice’ system in those territories freed from the junta’s control..."