Aung San Suu Kyi's lawyer says Burmese military authorities allowed the
detained opposition leader to meet with her lawyers for two hours
Saturday in Rangoon's notorious Insein prison, apparently to prepare
for final arguments in her trial.
Attorney Kyi Win told VOA (Burmese Service) that the Nobel peace laureate is in good health.
A spokesman for the National League for Democracy, U Nyan Win, told VOA (Burmese Service) Friday that Aung San Suu Kyi is suffering from severe leg cramps, which keep her awake at night.
Burma's military government said last week that she receives good medical care in prison.
Nyan Win also said the court has postponed final arguments in Aung San
Suu Kyi's trial from next Monday to next Friday. He said no reasons
were given for the delay.
Aung San Suu Kyi is on trial for allegedly violating the terms of her house arrest.
The trial stems from a visit by an intruder who swam to her lakeside home in early May and stayed overnight.
The American intruder, John Yettaw, is also on trial. He told the court
he had dreamt that the 63-year-old Nobel Prize laureate would be
assassinated and that he came to warn her.
If convicted, Aung San Suu Kyi could be sentenced to a prison term of
up to five years. She has spent 13 of the past 19 years under house
arrest.
The sole defense witness allowed to testify argued in court Thursday
that it was the job of government guards outside Aung San Suu Kyi's
home to keep intruders out.
Burma's military government lashed out Thursday at foreign critics of
the trial. Deputy foreign minister Maung Myint said during a
Europe-Asia summit in Cambodia that the trial is an internal legal
issue, not linked to politics or human rights.
The international community has condemned the trial as a pretext to
extend the opposition leader's house arrest and bar her from elections
next year.