Myanmar court delays Suu Kyi verdict
Saturday, 1 August 2009
YANGON, July 31 (AFP): A Myanmar court postponed Friday its verdict in the internationally condemned trial of Aung San Suu Kyi until August 11, adding to uncertainty over the ruling junta's plans for the democracy icon.
Lawyers for the Nobel laureate said the judges announced they needed time to review the case, in which Suu Kyi faces up to five years in jail on charges of violating her house arrest after an American swam to her lakeside home.
"I believe they really have serious legal problems," her lawyer Nyan Win told reporters after the brief court hearing at Yangon's notorious Insein prison.
Lawyers for the Nobel laureate said the judges announced they needed time to review the case, in which Suu Kyi faces up to five years in jail on charges of violating her house arrest after an American swam to her lakeside home.
"I believe they really have serious legal problems," her lawyer Nyan Win told reporters after the brief court hearing at Yangon's notorious Insein prison.