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Burma court hears Suu Kyi appeal Suu Kyi lawyers submit appeal bid
(about 6 hours later)
Lawyers representing Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi are in court pushing their case for an appeal against her extended detention. Lawyers representing Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi have presented their case for an appeal against her extended detention.
Ms Suu Kyi was found guilty in August of violating the terms of her house arrest after an American man swam uninvited to her lakeside home. Lawyers for Ms Suu Kyi said the session at the High Court lasted less than two hours and that the court would rule later on Monday.
The hearing is being held in the High Court. In October a lower court ruled there were no grounds for an appeal. Her house arrest was extended in August after a US man swam uninvited to her lakeside home in Rangoon.
She has spent 14 of the past 20 years under house arrest.She has spent 14 of the past 20 years under house arrest.
Ms Suu Kyi' lawyers were expected to argue that her conviction was unsound because it was based on provisions laid out in a now defunct constitution. Ms Suu Kyi's lawyers argued that her conviction was unsound because it was based on provisions laid out in a now defunct constitution.
Unpredictable The prosecution is also reported to have filed an appeal, arguing that the original sentence against the pro-democracy leader was too lenient.
Speaking to the BBC just before leaving for court, one of Ms Suu Kyi's legal team said he expected the hearing to last about two hours, and was hopeful that a decision could come later in the day.
But legal proceedings in Burma are unpredictable.
Things are complicated further by the fact that the prosecution is also reported to have filed an appeal, arguing that the original sentence against the pro-democracy leader was too lenient.
If Aung San Suu Kyi's request for an appeal is again unsuccessful she still has one option open to her - a direct appeal to the leader of the military government for a pardon.If Aung San Suu Kyi's request for an appeal is again unsuccessful she still has one option open to her - a direct appeal to the leader of the military government for a pardon.
It is thought unlikely she would go that far. It is thought unlikely she would go that far, says the BBC's South East Asia correspondent Rachel Harvey.