Verdict delayed in Suu Kyi trial

[Heidi]

Source: BBC

Page last updated at 04:08 GMT, Friday, 31 July 2009 05:08 UK

A verdict has been delayed in the trial of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

She is accused of breaching the terms of her house arrest by allowing an uninvited US man to stay in her home.

EU diplomats at the trial in Rangoon told the BBC that the court had delayed the verdict until 11 August, so that judges could review the case again.

Despite international calls for her release, a guilty verdict has been widely expected.

'Vision warning'

Ms Suu Kyi faces five years in jail if she is convicted.


Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8176296.stm

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1. junta needs more time to prepare

for the inevitable riots in Burma that will follow the farce of a conviction