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Suu Kyi lawyers submit appeal bid Burma to review Suu Kyi sentence
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Lawyers representing Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi have presented their case for an appeal against her extended detention. Burma's Supreme Court has agreed to review the term of extended house arrest handed down to the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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 decision follows an appeal submitted by her lawyers - though correspondents say this does not imply that the sentence will be quashed.
Her house arrest was extended in August after a US man swam uninvited to her lakeside home in Rangoon. Ms Suu Kyi's 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's lawyers argued 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.
The prosecution is also reported to have filed an appeal, arguing that the original sentence against the pro-democracy leader was too lenient.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.
It is thought unlikely she would go that far, says the BBC's South East Asia correspondent Rachel Harvey.