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Myanmar court hears final arguments in Suu Kyi case

AFP, Yangon
Prosecutors for Myanmar's military regime gave their closing arguments In the trial of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday as the interna -tionally condemned case drew towards its climax.
lawyers for an American man who sparked the trial by swimming uninvited to Suu Kyi’s house in May and for the Nobel Peace laureate's two aides also gave their final arguments to the prison court, officials said.
Suu Kyi faces up to five years in jail on charges of violating her house arrest following the bizarre incident when John Ycttaw crossed a lake to reach her house and warn her of a "vision" that she would be assassinated.
A Myanmar official said the trial at Yangon's notorious Insein Prison would resume on I uesday for the defence side to answer the prosecution's points, but that the verdict would be announced at a later date.
"The prosecution side finished its case and tomorrow there will be a reply by the defence," the official said on condition of anonymity.
Details of what was said in court on behalf of Yettaw and for the two aides, Khin Khin Win and Win Ma Ma, were expected to emerge later from Suu Kyi's legal team
They gave their closing statemenu for Suu Kyi on Friday.
Nyan Win, one of Suu Kyi's lawyers and also a spokesman for her National League for Democracy, said it could be "two or three weeks" before a verdict
Diplomats from the United States, Japan, Singapore, Australia, Malaysia and the Philippines were allowed to attend the morning session of Monday's hearing but not the afternoon's. Most of the trial has been behind closed doors.
The case has unleashed a storm of international outrage, with critics saying Myanmar's ruling junta is using the charges as an excuse to keep Suu Kyi locked up for elections promised by the regime next year. Hie trial began just days before the latest period of her house arrest was due to expire. She has spent most of the last two decades in detention since the junta refused to recognise her party's victory in elections in 1990.
Rigtits group Amnesty Internationa) was set to award Suu Kyi its highest honour later Monday, during a concert by Irish rock band U2.
Suu Kyi will be named Amnesty's ambassador of conscience for 2009, a largely symbolic honour previously awarded to the likes of South African former president Nelson Mandela and ex Czech president Vaclav Havel.
It was to be announced by U2 singer Bono during a concert by the band in Dublin later Monday, Amnesty said U2 have also previously won the award.
This month marks the 20th anniversary of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's arrest and 20 years since Amnesty International declared her a prisoner of conscience," said Amnesty's secretary general Irene Khan.
"In those long and often dark years, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has remained a symbol of hope, courage and the undying defence of human rights, not only to the people of Myanmar but to people around the world."
Myanmar's state media Sunday hit back at US Secretary of State I Hilary Clinton, who called for Suu Kyi's release during Asia’s biggest secunty forum, held in Thailand, last week
"This is really interfering with Asean's (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) internal affairs," said the state-run Myanma Ahlin newspaper, referring to the regional bloc of which Myanmar is a member.
Hillary had warned that Myanmar was possibly receiving nuclear technology from North Korea, although she also held out the carrot of increased US investment if it frees the opposition leader.
Nyan Win said Friday that the legal team welcomed calls for her release from foreign ministers at the Thailand meeting.