Junta trial of Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to hear first testimony on Monday

The trial of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will hear its first testimony in a junta court on Monday, more than four months after a military coup.Near daily protests have rocked Myanmar since the generals’ putsch removed her government in February, ending a 10-year experiment with democracy.The mass uprising has been met with a brutal military crackdown that has killed more than 850 people, according to a local monitoring group.The junta has brought an eclectic raft of charges against…