<p>Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi testified for the first time in a junta court on Tuesday, four months after being put on trial by the military, a source with knowledge of the case told <em>AFP</em>.</p>.<p>Myanmar has been in turmoil since the February 1 coup, with nationwide protests and more than 1,100 people killed by security forces, according to a local monitoring group.</p>.<p>Suu Kyi went on trial in June, four months after she was taken into custody, and faces a raft of charges that could see her jailed for decades.</p>.<p>On Tuesday she "gave her statement at the court by herself" in response to charges of incitement related to two February statements criticising the coup, the source said.</p>.<p>The contents of her testimony "cannot be revealed" until the court has certified them, the source said, adding this was expected next week.</p>.<p>Media have been barred from attending Suu Kyi's trial at the special court in the military-built capital Naypyidaw and the junta recently banned her legal team from speaking to the media.</p>.<p>Before the ban, her lawyers said the Nobel laureate, 76, will not call any defence witnesses at her incitement trial and will represent herself.</p>.<p>The junta has threatened to dissolve her National League for Democracy party and continues to wage a bloody campaign against opponents to its rule.</p>.<p>Myanmar topped the agenda of Tuesday's talks between leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which has come under international pressure to broker a diplomatic solution to the crisis.</p>.<p>The generals boycotted the summit after ASEAN insisted Myanmar send a "non-political representative" instead of junta chief Min Aung Hlaing.</p>.<p>The rare rebuke came after Myanmar rebuffed requests that a special envoy meet with "all stakeholders" in the country -- a phrase seen to include deposed leader Suu Kyi.</p>.<p>Myanmar, mostly ruled by the military since a 1962 coup, has been a thorn in ASEAN's side since it joined in 1997.</p>.<p>Elections in 2015 overwhelmingly won by Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party ushered in civilian rule -- but this was cut short by the most recent coup.</p>.<p><strong>Check out the latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>
<p>Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi testified for the first time in a junta court on Tuesday, four months after being put on trial by the military, a source with knowledge of the case told <em>AFP</em>.</p>.<p>Myanmar has been in turmoil since the February 1 coup, with nationwide protests and more than 1,100 people killed by security forces, according to a local monitoring group.</p>.<p>Suu Kyi went on trial in June, four months after she was taken into custody, and faces a raft of charges that could see her jailed for decades.</p>.<p>On Tuesday she "gave her statement at the court by herself" in response to charges of incitement related to two February statements criticising the coup, the source said.</p>.<p>The contents of her testimony "cannot be revealed" until the court has certified them, the source said, adding this was expected next week.</p>.<p>Media have been barred from attending Suu Kyi's trial at the special court in the military-built capital Naypyidaw and the junta recently banned her legal team from speaking to the media.</p>.<p>Before the ban, her lawyers said the Nobel laureate, 76, will not call any defence witnesses at her incitement trial and will represent herself.</p>.<p>The junta has threatened to dissolve her National League for Democracy party and continues to wage a bloody campaign against opponents to its rule.</p>.<p>Myanmar topped the agenda of Tuesday's talks between leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which has come under international pressure to broker a diplomatic solution to the crisis.</p>.<p>The generals boycotted the summit after ASEAN insisted Myanmar send a "non-political representative" instead of junta chief Min Aung Hlaing.</p>.<p>The rare rebuke came after Myanmar rebuffed requests that a special envoy meet with "all stakeholders" in the country -- a phrase seen to include deposed leader Suu Kyi.</p>.<p>Myanmar, mostly ruled by the military since a 1962 coup, has been a thorn in ASEAN's side since it joined in 1997.</p>.<p>Elections in 2015 overwhelmingly won by Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party ushered in civilian rule -- but this was cut short by the most recent coup.</p>.<p><strong>Check out the latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>