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| Burma Bars Prominent Lawyer from Aung San Suu Kyi Trial |
| 2009-05-17 |
| A prominent Burmese lawyer says the military government revoked his license after he applied to represent opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in her upcoming trial. Aung Thein said he received a dismissal letter from the government Friday. Khin Maung Shein, one of his associates, also had his license revoked. Aung Thein has represented political activists in the past, and was recently jailed for four months for contempt of court. Aung San Suu Kyi faces charges related to an incident last week in which an American man, John Yettaw, swam to her lakeside residence and hid inside. The Nobel laureate, who has been detained for 13 of the past 19 years, is accused of breaking the terms of her house arrest by housing Yettaw. She could face up to five years in prison if found guilty. Her lawyers insist the man was an intruder. Yettaw also faces charges. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #3 Deport swimmer boy to Singapore for a righteous caning. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-05-17 14:20 |
| #2 She's only human! The American guy however has some balls, or he did! |
| Posted by: Kofi Claitle6576 2009-05-17 14:17 |
| #1 "housing Yettaw" But to requote her famous speech "It is not power that corrupts but fear." Or maybe what actually corrupts is swimming booty calls. I mean, he swam over, is that like having a stripper gram show up at your door? What was that experience like, Ms. Buddhism? I thought Buddhism was about controlling urges and desires? |
| Posted by: GirlThursday 2009-05-17 11:48 |