The 77-year-old Nobel laureate, who played a leading role in the movement against military rule, is accused of at least 18 crimes, ranging from bribery to election fraud, with potential sentences totaling about 190 years if convicted.
A court convicted former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of taking part in election fraud, and she was given a three-year prison extension.
The sentencing adds to previous convictions that now leave her with a 26-year total prison term, a legal official has said.
The 77-year-old Nobel laureate, a figurehead of opposition to military rule, faces charges for at least 18 offences ranging from graft to election violations, carrying combined maximum terms of nearly 190 years.
Graft is defined as the act of taking advantage of your political position or government job by taking money or property in dishonest or fraudulent ways.
Suu Kyi has called the accusations against her absurd and denied any wrongdoing.
She is being held in solitary confinement in the capital, Naypyitaw, and her trials have been conducted in closed courts.
The latest charges were related to allegations Suu Kyi accepted bribes from a businessman, said the source, who
declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the issue.
Suu Kyi received three-year jail sentences on two charges, to be served concurrently.
Opponents of the military say the charges against Suu Kyi are aimed at blocking her from ever getting involved in politics
again or trying to challenge the military’s grip on power since last year’s coup.
The sentence also imperils the survival of Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party following the government’s explicit threats to dissolve it before a new election the military has promised will take place in 2023.