Myanmar opens trial again, Suu Kyi may take stand

Source: Reuters

YANGON, May 26 (Reuters) - Army-ruled Myanmar will open the trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday, diplomats said, when the Nobel Peace laureate is expected to take the stand in a case that has drawn international outrage.

Speculation that the trial may end soon intensified on Monday after prosecutors dropped nine remaining witnesses against 63-year-old Suu Kyi, who faces up to five years in jail.

Suu Kyi's current house arrest order expires on Wednesday, and the Nobel laureate is widely expected to be found guilty on charges of violating her detention after allowing an uninvited American intruder to stay in her home.

"Since they cancelled the nine remaining witnesses, Aung San Suu Kyi will be heard tomorrow," her lawyer Nyan Win told reporters after Monday's session inside Yangon's tightly-guarded Insein prison.



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