Suu Kyi 'preparing for the worst'

Burma’s detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was bracing for the worst ahead of tomorrow’s verdict in her high-profile trial, gathering medicine and books to prepare for a feared prison term, her lawyer said.

Suu Kyi 'preparing for the worst'
Thu, 30 Jul, 2009 - 08:27

Burma’s detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was bracing for the worst ahead of tomorrow’s verdict in her high-profile trial, gathering medicine and books to prepare for a feared prison term, her lawyer said.

The frail 64-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner was “physically and mentally fine, and very alert”, Nyan Win, one of her lawyers, said today.

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