Most Suu Kyi witnesses vetoed

A COURT in Burma rejected most of Aung San Suu Kyi’s defence witnesses yesterday, the latest move critics said was aimed at sabotaging her defence in a trial that could see her jailed for five years.

The court allowed only one of four witnesses requested by Suu Kyi’s defence team, advocate Kyi Win, who will testify today when the trial resumes. Critics say the trial is a charade to keep the charismatic National League for Democracy (NLD) leader in detention during the junta’s promised 2010 election.