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Burma’s Suu Kyi to stand trial

Updated on 14 May 2009

By Jonathan Miller

The Burmese pro-democracy leader, who is under house arrest, is accused of breaching the conditions of her detention after a man reportedly entered her home. Jonathan Miller reports.

Aung San Suu Kyi (Getty)

The charges relate to an American man who it is claimed secretly entered her home after swimming across a lake to get there.



Suu Kyi is now being held in prison and could face a jail term of up to five years if convicted.

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