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| Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi on trial | Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi on trial |
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| Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has gone on trial related to a visit to her home by an American, who swam across a lake to reach it. | |
| The charges against Ms Suu Kyi, who has spent 13 of the past 19 years under house arrest, have been widely condemned as baseless. | The charges against Ms Suu Kyi, who has spent 13 of the past 19 years under house arrest, have been widely condemned as baseless. |
| If found guilty, she faces a prison sentence of three to five years. | If found guilty, she faces a prison sentence of three to five years. |
| She could also be banned from contesting first polls in 20 years, which the junta plans to hold in 2010. | She could also be banned from contesting first polls in 20 years, which the junta plans to hold in 2010. |
| 'Pretext' | 'Pretext' |
| This trial is taking place in such haste and secrecy, and on such bizarre charges, that it has already been dismissed as a sham by many governments around the world. | This trial is taking place in such haste and secrecy, and on such bizarre charges, that it has already been dismissed as a sham by many governments around the world. |
| Profile: Aung San Suu Kyi 'intruder' Inside Burma's Insein prison | Profile: Aung San Suu Kyi 'intruder' Inside Burma's Insein prison |
| Ms Suu Kyi is being tried because earlier this month an American well-wisher arrived, uninvited, on her back lawn in Rangoon after swimming across a lake. | Ms Suu Kyi is being tried because earlier this month an American well-wisher arrived, uninvited, on her back lawn in Rangoon after swimming across a lake. |
| Her lawyer says she will plead not guilty to charges of violating the terms of her house arrest. He says she asked the man to leave, but he pleaded exhaustion and was allowed to stay the night. | Her lawyer says she will plead not guilty to charges of violating the terms of her house arrest. He says she asked the man to leave, but he pleaded exhaustion and was allowed to stay the night. |
| In any case her home is one of the most closely guarded locations in Rangoon. Ms Suu Kyi's supporters believe the military authorities must have allowed the man to reach it, as he tried the same stunt last November. | In any case her home is one of the most closely guarded locations in Rangoon. Ms Suu Kyi's supporters believe the military authorities must have allowed the man to reach it, as he tried the same stunt last November. |
| Like previous political trials held behind prison walls, there is no prospect of this one meeting any international standards for fairness. Her legal team will have little opportunity to put up a defence. | Like previous political trials held behind prison walls, there is no prospect of this one meeting any international standards for fairness. Her legal team will have little opportunity to put up a defence. |
| The misguided exploit of an apparently well-intentioned individual has now given the military government a pretext to keep Burma's (Myanmar) most popular politician locked up, while it prepares for an election which looks set to leave the generals running the country for many years to come. | The misguided exploit of an apparently well-intentioned individual has now given the military government a pretext to keep Burma's (Myanmar) most popular politician locked up, while it prepares for an election which looks set to leave the generals running the country for many years to come. |