Sign up to The Irish Times Archive (1859 - 2008)My Account »
Fri 11 Nov 2009Suu Kyi lawyers lodge arrest appeal
Lawyers for Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said today they had lodged an appeal against her house arrest with the Supreme Court but expected no rapid decision.
The 64-year-old Nobel peace laureate was sentenced in August to three years in prison for letting an American intruder stay in her home in May, which contravened the terms of her previous detention. Burma's junta leader later commuted the sentence to 18 months' house arrest.
Choose a Subscription type - required
