Mizzima News

New Delhi (mizzima) - The trial of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was adjourned till July 17 by the special court in Rangoon’s Insein prison on Friday, even as scores of well-wishers and supporters gathered outside the prison precincts.

Together with supporters, there were scores of security personnel including riot police personnel and soldiers outside the prison, as the court resumed the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday.

During the brief court session on Friday, Aung San Suu Kyi’s second witness Daw Khin Moe Moe was produced but did not testify as the court adjourned.

Earlier, the High Court rejected an appeal by Aung San Suu Kyi’s defence team to reinstate two other witnesses – Win Tin, a veteran journalist and member of the National League for Democracy party, and Tin Oo, vice-chairman of the party.

Aung San Suu Kyi is currently facing trial on charges of violating her detention law by harbouring an American man in her lakeside home. If found guilty she could be sentenced up to five years in prison.