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| The health of jailed Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is a cause for "grave concern", her National League for Democracy (NLD) party has said. | The health of jailed Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is a cause for "grave concern", her National League for Democracy (NLD) party has said. |
| The NLD says Ms Suu Kyi, 63, has not been able to sleep at night because of continuing cramps in her legs and needs urgent medical attention. | |
| Ms Suu Kyi is on trial for allegedly violating the terms of her house arrest after a US man broke into her home. | Ms Suu Kyi is on trial for allegedly violating the terms of her house arrest after a US man broke into her home. |
| She denies the charges and faces five years in prison if found guilty. | She denies the charges and faces five years in prison if found guilty. |
| Ms Suu Kyi has suffered from ill-health in the past. Shortly before her arrest on 14 May she was treated for dehydration and low blood pressure. | Ms Suu Kyi has suffered from ill-health in the past. Shortly before her arrest on 14 May she was treated for dehydration and low blood pressure. |
| The NLD said she was "in desperate need of proper medical treatment". | The NLD said she was "in desperate need of proper medical treatment". |
| "We are very much concerned about her health," it said in a statement. | "We are very much concerned about her health," it said in a statement. |
| Ms Suu Kyi has been under house arrest and banned from seeing all but a small group of people for 13 of the past 19 years. | |
| She was arrested on 14 May after an American man swam across the lake to reach her compound, spending two nights there. | |
| Critics of the trial say it is being used as an excuse to keep Ms Suu Kyi in detention until after elections scheduled for next year. | |
| But Burma's ruling junta has rejected the international condemnation, saying the trial is "an internal legal issue". |