Lawyer says Myanmar democracy leader Suu Kyi to be tried Thursday in connection with intruder

September 30th, 2009 Myanmar's Suu Kyi seeks to meet Western diplomatsYANGON, Myanmar — Detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is seeking permission from Myanmar's government to meet with Western diplomats about having their countries lift sanctions against the military regime, her party said Monday. The request came in a letter she sent Friday to junta leader Senior Gen.

September 25th, 2009 Myanmar's Suu Kyi eases stance on sanctionsYANGON, Myanmar — Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she is willing to work with Myanmar's military government on getting Western sanctions against the country lifted, but needs to be allowed to gather more information about the issue first, her lawyer said Friday. Nyan Win, who is also a spokesman for Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party, said after meeting the detained Nobel Peace Prize laureate Friday that she will send a letter to junta leader Senior Gen.

September 20th, 2009 Naked man, 91, holds drunken intruder at gunpointLAKE WORTH, Fla. — Authorities said a naked 91-year-old man was able to hold a drunken intruder at gunpoint until deputies arrived.

September 8th, 2009 Myanmar pro-democracy party wants offices reopenedYANGON, Myanmar — The pro-democracy party of detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi called on the ruling junta Tuesday to allow it to reopen its branch offices, which would be crucial for taking part in next year's planned national elections. The junta has not held elections since 1990, when Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy won in a landslide but was not allowed by the military to take power.

August 13th, 2009 EU beefs up Myanmar sanctionsBRUSSELS — The European Union says it is expanding its sanctions against Myanmar after the country sentenced pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to an additional 18 months of house arrest. The EU says it will freeze the assets of enterprises owned by members of Myanmar's ruling junta and people associated with them.

July 29th, 2009 Obama renews sanctions against MyanmarWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has renewed sanctions against the junta that runs the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar. Congress last week approved the reauthorization of sanctions, first enacted in 2003, targeting imports from Myanmar.

July 28th, 2009 Aung San Suu Kyi trial enters final day in MyanmarYANGON, Myanmar — The trial of Myanmar's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was expected to conclude Tuesday with the defense given the final statement in a trial that has drawn international condemnation, her lawyer said. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate stands accused of violating terms of her house arrest by feeding and providing shelter to an American intruder — John William Yettaw — who swam to her lakeside home uninvited and stayed for two days.

July 24th, 2009 Trial of Aung San Suu Kyi resumes in MyanmarYANGON, Myanmar — A Myanmar official says the trial of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has resumed. The widely criticized proceedings started up again Friday with defense lawyers and prosecutors expected to present final arguments.

June 25th, 2009 Myanmar says American main culprit in Suu Kyi caseYANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar's national police chief said Thursday that the American man who swam uninvited to the home of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was the "main culprit" in the case filed against her. The comment that could signal a less aggressive stance against the Nobel Peace laureate, who is being tried for violating the terms of her house arrest when John William Yettaw entered her closely guarded lakeside home last month and stayed two days.

June 12th, 2009 Trial of Myanmar's Suu Kyi adjourned until June 26YANGON, Myanmar — The trial of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was adjourned Friday for two weeks so defense lawyers can call an additional witness who will testify that the case is politically motivated, a lawyer said. The District Court trying Suu Kyi told lawyers of the postponement until June 26 during a brief hearing Friday at Insein Prison, where the trial is taking place, said Nyan Win, one of Suu Kyi's attorneys.

May 14th, 2009 Myanmar's Suu Kyi to be triedYANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was taken by armed escort Thursday to a prison compound where she will be tried in connection with the intrusion of an American man who sneaked into her compound, her lawyer said. Such a trial could justify another extension of Suu Kyi's yearslong detention, which officially ends May 27.

May 14th, 2009 YANGON - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is expected to be shifted Thursday to Yangon's notorious Insein Jail from her home, where she has been kept under detention for the past six years, opposition sources said. 'Myanmar authorities told Aung San Suu Kyi's lawyer U Kyi Win that she will be moved to Insein Jail,' the opposition National League for Democracy party spokesman Nyan Win said.

May 14th, 2009 Myanmar's Suu Kyi to be tried over US intruderYANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was taken by armed escort Thursday to a prison compound where she will be tried in connection with an American man's stealthy entry into her home last week, her lawyer said. Lawyer Kyi Win said that Suu Kyi did not invite the man to her compound where she was under house arrest, and it was not immediately clear what accusation she faced.

May 5th, 2009 Myanmar rejects appeal for Suu Kyi releaseYANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar's junta has rejected an appeal to free pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose most recent period of detention will expire May 27, her party spokesman said Tuesday. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate has spent more than 13 of the last 19 years — including the past six — under house arrest in Yangon despite international pressure for her release.

April 24th, 2009 Myanmar arrests opposition politicians for prayingYANGON, Myanmar — Two members of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's political party were arrested and charged with insulting religion after they prayed for the release of political prisoners, a party spokesman said Friday. National League for Democracy spokesman Nyan Win said authorities arrested Chit Pe, the party's deputy chairman, and party member Aung Saw Wei in Twante on Tuesday.