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| Burma's Suu Kyi claims innocence | Burma's Suu Kyi claims innocence |
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| Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has told her trial that she has committed no crime, her lawyer says. | Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has told her trial that she has committed no crime, her lawyer says. |
| Ms Suu Kyi went on trial on Monday for breaking the terms of her detention by allowing an American man into her home. | Ms Suu Kyi went on trial on Monday for breaking the terms of her detention by allowing an American man into her home. |
| She had been due for release later in May, but the charges she now faces carry a maximum of five years in jail. | She had been due for release later in May, but the charges she now faces carry a maximum of five years in jail. |
| Observers say Burma's military rulers are using the charges as a pretext to keep Ms Suu Kyi locked up during an election due next year. | Observers say Burma's military rulers are using the charges as a pretext to keep Ms Suu Kyi locked up during an election due next year. |
| Lawyer Nyan Win said the presiding judge asked Ms Suu Kyi at the end of the prosecution case whether she was guilty. | |
| "Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said: 'I have no guilt as I didn't commit any crime,'" he said. | "Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said: 'I have no guilt as I didn't commit any crime,'" he said. |
| The lawyer said the trial, which is being held behind closed doors at Rangoon's Insein jail, will resume on Monday when her defence will present its case. | |
| 'Assassination dream' | |
| She faces an accusation that she allowed US national John Yettaw to stay in her home, breaching the conditions of her latest period of house arrest. | |
| Inside Burma's Insein prison Profile: Aung San Suu Kyi | |
| Mr Yettaw, who swam across a lake to reach her house, is also on trial in Insein jail. | |
| He is reported to have testified that he made the visit because he had dreamt that she was going to be assassinated. | |
| Ms Suu Kyi's lawyers say she tried to send the man away but he refused to go. | |
| He was then allowed to stay only because he said he was exhausted. | |
| The ruling generals say the incident was a stunt designed to embarrass the government. | |
| Foreign Minister Nyan Win was quoted as saying the incident had been fabricated by "internal and external anti-government elements" to "intensify international pressure" on the regime. | |
| International condemnation | |
| Ms Suu Kyi's trial opened on Monday behind closed doors. | |
| Burma's ruling junta allowed some diplomats and journalists into the proceedings on Wednesday, only to bar them again the following day. | |
| Governments and rights groups have condemned the trial - and diplomats have said they expect Ms Suu Kyi to be found guilty. | |
| The Nobel laureate has been under house arrest for 13 of the past 19 years. | |
| The party she leads, the National League for Democracy (NLD), won the country's last general election in 1990 - but she was never allowed to take power. | |
| The ruling generals have scheduled an election for next year - but have written a new constitution which carves out a major role for the military in any new government. |