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Location:Special Court at Insein Prison, Rangoon, BurmaDate:May 19, 2009Court Time:10:00 (Local Time)Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s Message to the People
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi gave a message to the leaders and members of the NLD that the party’sleadership and members should conduct their works decisively without reluctance. She wants her party members and supporter not to be arrested again as there have already been many political prisoners in prisons. For her part, she said she will say the truth and do the right things.
Court Trial – Updated Situation
10:00 (Local Time)—The closed-door court trial started at 10 a.m. Lawyer U Kyi Win, U HlaMyo Myint, U Nyan Win and Daw Khin Htay Kywe, were allowed to be at the court. The junta brought four plaintiffs—four security personnel and one person from Ward Peace andDevelopment Council (WPDC)—to the court.U Nyan Win, the spokesperson for her National League for Democracy said: “The witnessesdescribed the situation when they arrested him. They said they watched him as he swam and atfirst they thought he was a thief. But they said that they knew as soon as he came to the bank of the lake that he was a foreigner. Then they took him to special branch.”Through his lawyer U Khin Maung Oo, Mr. John W. Yettaw told to the court that he saw adanger going to fall upon Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Suu’a life through his mind. That’s why hecame to Burma to tell both Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the junta about that.The court trial ended at 15:00 p.m. and adjourned to May 20. Detailed accounts of the court trialremain unknown.Observers commented that the junta is going to give Daw Aung San Suu Kyi a prison sentence,given that the court trials have been scheduled continuously for the successive three weekdays.
The Situation outside Insein Prison
National League for Democracy (Liberated Area)
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