Burma bars lawyer from Suu Kyi trial

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.

Suu Kyi, who was taken from her home on Thursday by police, faces a possible five-year prison term for allegedly violating terms of her house arrest by sheltering an American man who swam across a lake to her home.