Aung San Suu Kyi convictions 'politically motivated': Nobel body

OSLO: The

Norwegian Nobel Committee

, which awards the Nobel Peace Prize, denounced three new convictions handed down Monday against ousted

Myanmar

leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

"The Nobel Committee is deeply concerned about her situation," the chairwoman of the Nobel committee Berit Reiss-Andersen told AFP in an email, adding: "The latest ruling against Aung San Suu Kyi is a politically motivated ruling."