News Timeline
National League for Democracy (Liberated Area)
2
News Update: Court Trial on Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Daw Aung San Suu KyiLocation: Special Court at Insein Prison, Rangoon, BurmaDate: May 20, 2009Court Time: 10:00 – 14:00 (Local Time)At the 3
rd
day of the court trial, the Burmese junta opened the court to foreign diplomatswho might be surprised to the generals’ instant move. But it is the junta’s response just toeasing the mounting international pressure on them. Here is the detailed account for theinternational community to observe the real motive of the ruling generals.Detailed Situation of the Court Trial
•
The court trial over Daw Aung San Suu Kyi started at 10 a.m. for the 3
rd
consecutive day.The junta brought two plaintiffs to the court to testify their accounts on the case. One of them is the person who confiscated the things that Mr. John W. Yettaw left at thecompound of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s house.
•
Although the court started at 10 a.m. in the morning, the authorities allowed about 26diplomats to enter into the court at between 13:30 p.m. and 14:00 p.m., when the courtprocess was going to end.
•
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi didn’t know beforehand the fact that the diplomats were allowedto come into the court. When U Kyi Win, her lawyer, suggested her to say greeting wordsto the diplomats, she replied that she would be charged again with Section 22 of the StateProtection Law due to her conversation with the diplomats.
•
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi asked her lawyer to seek permission from the authorities beforeshe greeted the diplomats. U Kyi Win asked the authorities at the court to allow DawAung San Suu Kyi to talk to the diplomats. The authorities replied that they would informher request to their superiors, but she received no reply from the authorities.
•
Finally, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi sought her lawyer’s legal advice on whether she couldgreet the diplomats from distance. Her lawyer suggested that she could do it.
•
Only then, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi greeted to the diplomats as follows: “I have beenseeking permission to see you. I hope to meet you in better days and thank you forcoming and for your support.”
Leave a Comment