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Suu Kyi 'will testify' at trial
Lawyers for Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi say she will testify in court this week.
Ms Suu Kyi is on trial in Rangoon for violating the terms of her house arrest after a US man swam to her home. The lawyers said they had asked the Burmese authorities for permission to meet Ms Suu Kyi to discuss her defence, but were still waiting for a reply.

Ms Suu Kyi has pleaded not guilty but is widely expected to be convicted at the much-criticised trial.

Nyan Win, Ms Suu Kyi's lawyer, said the prosecution had cancelled the remaining witnesses, so his client would be called to testify on Tuesday. "We have never had the chance to hold sufficient discussions with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi," Japan's Kyodo news agency quoted him as saying. "We need private discussions with our client before defending her at the court on Tuesday."

Nyan Win said he was "absolutely certain" that the authorities were trying to rush through the trial and that it "could be they have already written the verdict".
The generals were looking for an excuse and had one handed to them. I keep wondering whether the 'golden boy' American who swam up to the house was a simple provocation, and if so, who planned it.
Diplomats and some Burmese journalists, working for both national and international media, are expected to be able to attend the court on Tuesday.

Ms Suu Kyi faces a further three to five years' imprisonment if found guilty of the charges.
Posted by: Steve White 2009-05-26
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=270505