Suu Kyi’s appeal against extended detention rejected

A BURMESE court yesterday rejected an appeal by pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi against her extended house arrest, just days after the US re-engaged with the country’s ruling junta.

Judges at a divisional court in Yangon upheld the Nobel Laureate’s conviction, her lawyer said, over an incident in which an American man swam uninvited to her home, earning her an extra 18 months in detention.

“The appeal was rejected but we will take it to the high court,” said Suu Kyi’s lawyer and the spokesman for her National League for Democracy (NLD) party, Nyan Win, after the hearing.