lawyers acting for Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in court yesterday to challenge a ruling oVer the witnesses who can testify on her behalf, her spokesman said.

The Nobel laureate's lawyers presented appeal documents to a Yangon divisional court mid-afternoon, asking the court to overturn a ban on three of four witnesses whom she called to give evidence at her closed -door trial.

"We gave our statement this afternoon to the divisional court because the original decision regarding the three witnesses was not legal." said her spokesman. Nyan Win. who is also one of her three-man defence team.

Nyan Win said the judge announced that a ruling would be made on the appeal on Tuesday, lune 9.