Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced for another 18 months

Suu Kyi held longer

The Burmese Civil-Rights Leader Aung San Suu Kyi is sentenced to a further 18 months of house arrest. The judge said she is guilty in this case of having broken her house arrest.

Suu Kyi Found Guilty, to Return to House Arrest
Tuesday , August 11, 2009



RANGOON, Burma —

A Burmese court found pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty Tuesday of violating her house arrest, but the head of the military-ruled country said she could serve out an 18-month sentence under house arrest.

Uninvited American visitor John Yettaw was sentenced to 7 years in prison, including 4 years of hard labor.

The court initially sentenced Suu Kyi to a three-year prison term. But after a five-minute recess, the country's home minister entered the courtroom and read aloud a special order from junta chief Senior Gen. Than Shwe.

The order said Than Shwe was cutting the sentence in half to 18 months and that it could be served under house arrest.

Suu Kyi has already been in detention for 14 of the last 20 years, mostly under house arrest.

The order, signed Monday, likewise reduced the sentences of Suu Kyi's two female house companions to 18 months.

Than Shwe said he reduced the sentence to "maintain peace and tranquility" and because Suu Kyi was the daughter of Aung San, a revered hero who won Burma's independence from Britain.

Suu Kyi's trial has sparked international outrage and calls for her release and that of Myanmar's more than 2,000 other political prisoners.

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BKKSTAN wrote:Makes me wonder what the bastards have in mind that they only need 18 months to accomplish