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American intruder in dock at Suu Kyi trial
Wed May 27, 2009 2:27am EDT
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YANGON (Reuters) - The American man who swam to Aung San Suu Kyi's home and triggered her controversial trial takes the stand on Wednesday, as the Myanmar opposition leader marked six years in detention.
John Yettaw, 53, was expected to testify on the eighth day of a trial the West calls a charade to keep the Nobel Peace laureate in detention during elections next year.
President Barack Obama was the latest world leader to demand her release "immediately and unconditionally," but the former Burma's ruling generals are showing no signs of retreat.
Suu Kyi, 63, is widely expected to be found guilty of violating the terms of her house arrest by allowing Yettaw to stay at her home for two days in early May.
She faces a jail sentence of up to five years and her lawyers said a verdict could come as early as Friday.
"Aung San Suu Kyi's continued detention, isolation, and show trial based on spurious charges cast serious doubt on the Burmese regime's willingness to be a responsible member of the international community," Obama said in a statement.
Suu Kyi has spent more than 13 of the past 19 years in detention, most of it at her lakeside home under police guard, her phone line cut and visitors restricted.
Authorities lifted her latest detention order on Tuesday, a day before it was due to expire after six years. But she remains in prison while awaiting a verdict.
"I don't know whether to be happy or sorry," said Nyan Win, one of her lawyers.
SECRET TRIAL
The court inside Yangon's tightly-guarded Insein prison was closed again to outsiders on Wednesday, a day after diplomats and journalists were allowed to watch Suu Kyi's testimony.
Suu Kyi denied any prior knowledge of Yettaw's plans, but admitted she did not alert authorities after he arrived on May 4.
"I permitted him to take shelter at my home temporarily," Suu Kyi told the court. Her lawyers say she let him stay for humanitarian reasons after he complained of leg cramps.
Yettaw, who used homemade flippers to swim across Inya Lake to her home, has said he dreamt Suu Kyi was going to be assassinated and he wanted to warn her.
The 53-year-old Missouri resident is charged with immigration violations, illegal swimming and breaking a security law that protects the state from "subversive elements." Continued...
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