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Suu Kyi Moved to Prison for Trial

Pro-democracy leader faces charges over Yank's intrusion in home

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted May 14, 2009 1:31 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from her home to a Rangoon prison, the BBC reports. The country's military junta plans to put Suu Kyi—who has suffered ill health in recent days—on trial for allegedly violating the terms of her house arrest after an American man swam across a lake to her house last week.

The American was arrested after apparently sneaking into Suu Kyi's home uninvited. Suu Kyi's 6-year term of house arrest was due to expire at the end of this month. Many see the junta's latest move as a ploy to keep the pro-democracy leader detained until after the generals hold elections next year.

Aung San Suu Kyi talks with supporters and well-wishers after praying at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon in this 2002 file photo. She was sentenced to 6 years of house arrest the following year.
Aung San Suu Kyi talks with supporters and well-wishers after praying at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon in this 2002 file photo. She was sentenced to 6 years of house arrest the following year.   (AP Photo/David Longstreath, File)
Protesters dramatize the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners in Burma during a protest at the Burmese Embassy at Manila's financial district, Friday, Feb. 27, 2009.
Protesters dramatize the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners in Burma during a protest at the Burmese Embassy at Manila's financial district, Friday, Feb. 27, 2009.   (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Myanmar residents with a portrait of Suu Kyi chant at a rally to mark the 20th anniversary of Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008.
Myanmar residents with a portrait of Suu Kyi chant at a rally to mark the 20th anniversary of Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008.   (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
Hundreds of Myanmar's pro-democracy movement activists residing in Japan chant slogans with a portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi in their rally in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007.
Hundreds of Myanmar's pro-democracy movement activists residing in Japan chant slogans with a portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi in their rally in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007.   (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to be put on trial today for charges linked to an American's intrusion into her compound.
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to be put on trial today for charges linked to an American's intrusion into her compound.   (AP Photo/Myanmar News Agency, HO, File)
A Burmese soldier stands guard near the home of Aung San Suu Kyi. The military tightly controls access to the compound where she has been under house arrest for 13 of the last 19 years.
A Burmese soldier stands guard near the home of Aung San Suu Kyi. The military tightly controls access to the compound where she has been under house arrest for 13 of the last 19 years.   (AP Photo/David Longstreath)
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