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“Prepared for the Worse” Suu Kyi told her lawyer
Mizzima News
Tuesday, 28 July 2009 14:58
New Delhi (mizzima)– Detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday told her lawyer that she is “prepared for the worst” as the court prepares to pronounce its verdict on her trial on Friday.
The special court in Rangoon’s Insein prison heard the final arguments and responses on Tuesday and will pronounce its verdict on Friday.
But the Burmese opposition leader told her lawyer Nyan Win, “to prepare for the worst”.
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Court verdict of Suu Kyi’s trial on July 31
Mizzima News
Tuesday, 28 July 2009 14:53
New Delhi (mizzima) - The special court in Rangoon’s Insein prison heard the final arguments and responses on Tuesday and will pronounce a verdict on Friday on the trial of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, her lawyer said.
On Tuesday the court heard the last of the concluding arguments presented by the defence team. It will pronounce its verdict on Friday.
Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s trial began on May 18, after the prosecution filed a lawsuit against her for violating her detention terms by ‘harbouring’ an American, who swam across a lake and entered her house in early May.
The defence team has argued that the Burmese Nobel Peace Laureate is innocent as she had not invited the American to her home and that the blame should go to the security system that was in place in and around her house for its carelessness in not detecting the visitor.
But the prosecution argued that she has violated her detention law under the 1974 constitution, which prohibits her from having contacts or meeting anyone during her detention.
While it is still not clear what the court’s verdict will be, it is largely speculated by observers and critics that the government is using the incident as a pretext to continue detaining her.
Aung San Suu Kyi has been in some form of detention for more than 13 years of the past 19 years.
