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| Suu Kyi 'will testify' at trial | Suu Kyi 'will testify' at trial |
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| Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is due to testify at her trial in Rangoon. | |
| Ms Suu Kyi is on trial in Rangoon for violating the terms of her house arrest after a US man swam to her home. | Ms Suu Kyi is on trial in Rangoon for violating the terms of her house arrest after a US man swam to her home. |
| The lawyers said they had asked the Burmese authorities for permission to meet Ms Suu Kyi to discuss her defence, but were still waiting for a reply. | The lawyers said they had asked the Burmese authorities for permission to meet Ms Suu Kyi to discuss her defence, but were still waiting for a reply. |
| Ms Suu Kyi has pleaded not guilty but is widely expected to be convicted at the much-criticised trial. | Ms Suu Kyi has pleaded not guilty but is widely expected to be convicted at the much-criticised trial. |
| The BBC's South East Asia correspondent, Jonathan Head, says there are signs the authorities want to bring the trial to a swift end. | The BBC's South East Asia correspondent, Jonathan Head, says there are signs the authorities want to bring the trial to a swift end. |
| Conflicting reports have quoted Burmese officials claiming the right to keep Ms Suu Kyi detained regardless of the trial's outcome. | Conflicting reports have quoted Burmese officials claiming the right to keep Ms Suu Kyi detained regardless of the trial's outcome. |
| That the trial is taking strange twists and turns should be no surprise, our correspondent says. | That the trial is taking strange twists and turns should be no surprise, our correspondent says. |
| It has already been widely condemned around the world as a judicial charade to justify keeping Ms Suu Kyi locked up until after next year's election, he said. | It has already been widely condemned around the world as a judicial charade to justify keeping Ms Suu Kyi locked up until after next year's election, he said. |
| Diplomats and some Burmese journalists, working for both national and international media, are expected to be able to attend the court on Tuesday. | Diplomats and some Burmese journalists, working for both national and international media, are expected to be able to attend the court on Tuesday. |
| Trial travails | Trial travails |
| Nyan Win, Ms Suu Kyi's lawyer, said the prosecution had cancelled the remaining witnesses, so his client would be called to testify even though he had not had the chance for private discussions with with Ms Suu Kyi. | Nyan Win, Ms Suu Kyi's lawyer, said the prosecution had cancelled the remaining witnesses, so his client would be called to testify even though he had not had the chance for private discussions with with Ms Suu Kyi. |
| Nyan Win said he was "absolutely certain" that the authorities were trying to rush through the trial and that it "could be they have already written the verdict". | Nyan Win said he was "absolutely certain" that the authorities were trying to rush through the trial and that it "could be they have already written the verdict". |
| Ms Suu Kyi faces a further three to five years' imprisonment if found guilty of the charges. | Ms Suu Kyi faces a further three to five years' imprisonment if found guilty of the charges. |
| Ms Suu Kyi was taken to the Insein maximum security prison in Burma on 14 May after an American man, John Yettaw, was arrested as he swam away from the compound where she has spent most of the past 19 years under house arrest. | Ms Suu Kyi was taken to the Insein maximum security prison in Burma on 14 May after an American man, John Yettaw, was arrested as he swam away from the compound where she has spent most of the past 19 years under house arrest. |
| Inside Burma's Insein prison Profile: Aung San Suu Kyi | Inside Burma's Insein prison Profile: Aung San Suu Kyi |
| Ms Suu Kyi's lawyers say Mr Yettaw arrived uninvited but was allowed to stay as he was not fit to swim back, but the ruling generals say the incident was a stunt designed to embarrass the government. | Ms Suu Kyi's lawyers say Mr Yettaw arrived uninvited but was allowed to stay as he was not fit to swim back, but the ruling generals say the incident was a stunt designed to embarrass the government. |
| The Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) expressed "grave concern" over the situation, a rare move by the group which usually stays out of member states' domestic affairs. | The Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) expressed "grave concern" over the situation, a rare move by the group which usually stays out of member states' domestic affairs. |
| Burma angrily rejected the group's statement, saying it was incorrect and "not in conformity with Asean practice" and accused Thailand, current chair of the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean), of interfering in Burma's internal affairs. | Burma angrily rejected the group's statement, saying it was incorrect and "not in conformity with Asean practice" and accused Thailand, current chair of the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean), of interfering in Burma's internal affairs. |