Aung San Suu Kyi's Trial Partially Open

Burma's state television shows diplomats and journalists are allowed to observe Aung San Suu Kyi's trial. The Nobel peace laureate and democracy icon is being tried on charges of violating terms of her house arrest.
A group of 55 diplomats and Burmese journalists were allowed to attend Burma's opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi's, trial on Tuesday.

Burmas military junta lifted Suu Kyi's current house arrest a day before it expires on Wednesday.

If convicted of allowing an American intruder to stay at her home for two days in early May, Suu Kyi faces up to five years in prison.

The trial has been widely condemned as a sham to keep the National League for Democracy (NLD) leader in detention during elections next year.

Suu Kyi testified that 53-year-old John Yettaw, arrived at her Rangoon home early on May 4 after swimming across Inya Lake.

Her lawyers say she allowed him to stay for humanitarian reasons after he complained of leg cramps from the swim.

The regime insists Suu Kyi will get a fair trial, but analysts say the courts have a long history of stretching laws to suit the generals.

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• Aung San Suu Kyi
• Nobel peace laureate
• Democracy
• House Arrest
• Burma
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