Thursday, June 11, 2009

Aung San Suu Kyi meets lawyer to discuss ongoing case

 
by Mizzima News
Wednesday, 10 June 2009 18:59

New Delhi - Burmese opposition leader and pro democracy icon, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who is currently detained in Rangoon’s notorious Insein prison, on Wednesday, met her lawyer Nyan Win.

Nyan Win, a member of Aung San Suu Kyi’s legal team and spokesperson for her party NLD, said he met her for over one and a half hours on Wednesday and discussed the case, which she is currently facing at Insein Special Court.

“Daw Aung San Suu Kyi looks fine, but she is unhappy over the injustice prevailing in her case and has asked me to continue fighting legally,” Nyan Win said.

On Tuesday, the Divisional Court decided to allow another witness to testify about Aung San Suu Kyi, but rejected two other witnesses, whom the Defense Counsels have requested to reinstate.

Nyan Win said, he would submit yet another appeal to the High Court on Thursday, requesting that the two other witnesses be reinstated. The two witnesses are Tin Oo, Vice-Chairman of the National League for Democracy and Win Tin, a veteran journalist and central executive committee member of the NLD.

The District Court in Insein prison had disqualified three out of four witnesses, whom the defendant had submitted.

Nyan Win said, “It is not in line with the law as there were no reasons cited for the rejection.”

The final argument from both lawyers, which was earlier fixed for June 5, had been postponed to June 12, but Nyan Win said, he does not believe the District Court can resume the proceedings, as the defense team will appeal in the High Court to reinstate the two other witnesses, earlier turned down from testifying.