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To: tejek who wrote (480909)	5/14/2009 9:34:40 PM
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To: tejek who wrote (480909)	5/18/2009 2:37:34 PM
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"followed by Burma? Did you mean Myanmar? Myanmar Tries Pro-Democracy Leader AP Myanmar (May 18) - Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi went on trial Monday, as hundreds of riot police ringed the country's most notorious prison to block protesters from proceedings that could send her to jail for five years. Suu Kyi, who has already spent more than 13 of the last 19 years in detention, has been charged with violating the conditions of her house arrest by sheltering an American man who swam to her lakeside home to secretly visit her earlier this month. The ambassadors of Britain, France, Germany and Italy as well as an Australian diplomat were barred from entering the prison, but the U.S. consul was allowed into the prison compound since the intruder — U.S. citizen, John William Yettaw — is also on trial. More than 100 Suu Kyi supporters were able to get through an outer perimeter of barricades around Insein prison in Yangon, but not the inner one that was closely guarded by armed police and government supporters. One young protester was seen being taken away by police. Yettaw's family members have described him as well-intentioned and unaware of the problems he could cause by trying to talk with Suu Kyi, but her supporters have expressed anger at him for getting the Nobel Peace laureate into trouble. Suu Kyi's lawyers have said the 53-year-old from Falcon, Mo., was not invited to her residence and that she told him to leave. Nyan Win, a spokesman for Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party and one of four lawyers representing her at her trial, said the court rejected their request to open the trial to the public and media "for security reasons." He added that they would repeat their request. "We are certain that we will win the case if it goes according to law because she didn't break the law," said Nyan Win, speaking at the party's headquarters. Courts in military-run Myanmar have rarely ruled in favor of Suu Kyi or any pro-democracy activists. news.aol.com