Burma’s military rulers disbarred a prominent lawyer who applied to defend pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in her forthcoming trial, the lawyer said today.

Burma’s Nobel Prize-winning pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi faced new charges today less than two weeks before her house arrest was due to end after an American man swam across a lake and entered her home, her lawyer said.

Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was charged today with violating terms of her house arrest and could face a prison term of up to five years.