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Burma to review Suu Kyi sentence | |
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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. | |
The decision follows an appeal submitted by her lawyers - though correspondents say this does not imply that the sentence will be quashed. | |
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. |