YANGON, May 21 (AFP): Myanmar's military junta put the trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi behind closed doors again Thursday, after allowing diplomats and journalists to attend the hearing for just one day.
The regime had unexpectedly opened up the hearing at the notorious Insein prison Wednesday in an apparent concession to fierce international criticism of the charges against the Nobel Peace Prize winner.
But it clamped down again Thursday, despite a warning from US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over the regime's "outrageous" treatment of the democracy icon and a pledge by UN chief Ban Ki-moon to visit the country.
"The press will not be allowed today. Only for one day were diplomats and press allowed," a Myanmar official told the reporter on condition of anonymity.
About 30 members of her National League for Democracy party, including the country's former longest serving political prisoner, Win Tin, kept up a vigil outside the prison as the trial resumed, witnesses said.
Suu Kyi trial back behind closed doors
FE Team | Published: May 22, 2009 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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