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| Myanmar's Suu Kyi marks six years of detention |
| By AFP |
| Published: 05/31/2009 |
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi marks six years of detention By Hla Hla Htay YANGON (AFP) — Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi prepared her final arguments with lawyers in prison Saturday as she marked the sixth anniversary of her latest period of detention with the prospect of further jail time. The pro-democracy leader met in the afternoon with her three-man defence team in Yangon's Insein prison for two-and-a-half hours, a day after her political party said it was "very concerned" for her health. "We discussed in detail our final arguments," one of her lawyers and spokesman, Nyan Win, told AFP, without giving further details. "Now Daw Aung San Suu Kyi says her health is okay and she has recovered after taking two kinds of medicine," he said, adding that the leg cramps that had sparked renewed health fears had not recurred for the past two days. The Nobel peace laureate is facing up to five years' detention on charges relating to the surprise visit of an eccentric American to her lakeside prison home in early May with final legal arguments to be heard on Friday. Meanwhile, members of her political party donated food to monks in early morning ceremonies on Saturday as they recalled her arrest in 2003 following a pro-junta mob attack on her motorcade that left about 70 people dead. She has been held under house arrest since the incident near Depeyin in northern Myanmar, but was moved to Insein Prison two weeks ago following the fresh charges against her. The 63-year-old has spent 13 of the past 19 years in detention and the new trial has drawn international outrage. On Saturday US Defence Secretary Robert Gates told a high-level security forum in Singapore that Myanmar's rulers must release her and begin dialogue with the opposition. "We need to see real change in Burma -- the release of political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi, and the institution of meaningful dialogue between the junta and the opposition," Gates said, using Myanmar's former name, Burma. In state media the junta again attempted to defend itself from the criticism..Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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