Aung San Suu Kyi Hoping for Better Days

Aung San Suu Kyi Hoping for Better Days

Pressure from ASEAN calling for an open and fair trial for opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi seemed to have dented the generals’ resolve, at least temporarily. On Wednesday 10 journalists, from both local and international news agencies, were allowed to attend day three of the trial at Rangoon's notorious Insein prison, accompanied by 30 foreign ambassadors.

Aung San Suu Kyi, 63, thanked diplomats for coming to the trial on Wednesday and said she hoped to meet them again in "better days."

However yesterday Burma's military junta returned to business as usual when diplomats and journalists were once again barred from the courtroom. It is unclear if they will be allowed access again.

Aung San Suu Kyi's latest spell of detention had been due to expire on the 27th May. She faces up to five years in jail if convicted of charges of breaching her house arrest, stemming from an incident earlier this month in which an American man, John Yettaw, swam to her lakeside house.

Suu Kyi has been detained for more than 13 of the past 19 years, most of them at her home in Rangoon where she is guarded by police. with her mail intercepted and visitors restricted.

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