Aung San Suu Kyi on trial

Myanmar junta puts Aung San Suu Kyi on trial

Myanmar opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi went on trial amid tight security at a notorious prison Monday, facing up to five more years in detention on charges of harbouring a US man who swam to her home.
Dozens of supporters of the ailing Nobel Peace Prize laureate gathered near Insein prison outside Yangon as the hearing got under way, one of whom was arrested by the phalanx of riot police posted behind barbed wire blockades.
French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy on Monday appealed for the release of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi who has been jailed and put on trial at a notorious Yangon prison.
The wife of President Nicolas Sarkozy called on the Myanmar government to free the 63-year-old pro-democracy activist in an open letter made public by the Elysee presidential palace.