Closing arguments in Burma trial

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Source: BBC

Page last updated at 07:04 GMT, Monday, 27 July 2009 08:04 UK
The prosecution in the military government's trial of the Burmese pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is to deliver its closing arguments.

Ms Suu Kyi faces five years in prison if she is convicted of having violated her house arrest when a American man swam to her lakeside home uninvited.

Her lawyers - who delivered their final statement on Friday - say they expect a verdict in two to three weeks.

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BBC South East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head says the fact that some defence witnesses and foreign observers have been allowed shows that the government belatedly recognised the anger stirred up around the world by trying Ms Suu Kyi on such bizarre charges.

But, our correspondent adds, all the indications are that she will still be found guilty. Burma's ruling generals fear her popularity, and do not want her to play any role in next year's election.


Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8169931.stm

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