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Myanmar slammed over "outrageous" Suu Kyi trial
Thu May 21, 2009 2:56am EDT
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YANGON (Reuters) - Army-ruled Myanmar faced more pressure on Thursday to stop the "outrageous" trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, as legal experts called for a U.N. probe into the regime's human rights abuses.
Diplomats were allowed to meet the Nobel Peace laureate and observe her trial on Wednesday, but the rare concession failed to ease pressure even from Myanmar's usually acquiescent neighbors.
"We are happy that the Myanmar authorities let our people see Daw Suu Kyi, but it's not the end," Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said after diplomats from Thailand, Singapore and Russia met her at a prison house on Wednesday.
"Our main objective is the release of all political prisoners that will lead to national reconciliation," said Kasit, whose country holds the rotating chair of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), which includes Myanmar.
Suu Kyi, 63, is charged with breaking the terms of her house arrest after an uninvited American intruder swam to her Yangon home this month. Her two female assistants and the American, John Yettaw, are also on trial.
Suu Kyi faces up to five years in jail if found guilty on what critics say are trumped-up charges to silence her until after a multi-party election in the former Burma in 2010. Her current detention order expires on May 27 after a spell of six years.
The special court held inside Yangon's notorious Insein Central Prison was again closed to the media and public on Thursday, a day after 30 diplomats and 10 Burmese journalists were allowed to attend a 45-minute hearing.
Suu Kyi, who was treated recently for low blood pressure and dehydration, appeared healthy and confident and told the visitors she hoped to see them "in better days."
State-run MRTV broadcast footage of her meeting the three diplomats. It also showed what appeared to be prison staff quarters where Suu Kyi is being held.
"OUTRAGEOUS" TRIAL
In Washington, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the upcoming election would be illegitimate because of the treatment of the charismatic leader of the National League for Democracy.
"It is outrageous that they are trying her and that they continue to hold her because of her political popularity," Clinton told a congressional hearing.
"It's our hope that this baseless trial will end with a quick release of her and ... a return to some political involvement, eventually, by her and her party," she added.
In 1990, the generals refused to hand power to Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) after it won a landslide election victory, and launched a crackdown on the party.
Suu Kyi has been detained for more than 13 of the past 19 years, most of them at her home in Yangon, guarded by police, her mail intercepted and visitors restricted. Continued...
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