A US man sentenced to seven years in jail for sneaking into the home of detained Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was handed over to an American consular official today to be flown out of the country.

Hundreds of armed police kept supporters away from the second day of Burma’s democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s closed-door trial today.

Riot police behind barbed wire barricades ringed a notorious prison where pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was due to go on trial today for allegedly harbouring an American man who swam to her lakeside home.

Violence erupted for a second day in Burma today with troops pouring rifle fire into crowds of anti-government demonstrators.