Videocrux - Myanmar opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi on trial

#Videocrux - Myanmar opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi on trial Myanmar opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi on trial
Myanmar opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi went on trial amid tight security at the notorious Insein prison on Monday, facing up to five more years in detention on charges of harbouring a US man who swam to her home. Supporters gathered outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok to protest against the trial.
Activists fighting to free Aung San Suu Kyi
Human rights groups demonstrate outside Myanmar's embassy in Bangkok as Aung San Suu Kyi's trial got under way. Activists say her arrest is all about Myanmar's rulers keeping her away from next year's parliamentary election. Ashley Barker, "They don't want Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's voice there, because they will lose if it's a free and fair election." The military regime though says it's all about this man, who is also on trial. US national John Yettaw swam to Aung San Suu Kyi's house earlier this month using these home-made fins.
Suu Kyi's own lawyer not allowed in the courtroom
The junta says this is a breach in the terms of the opposition leader's house arrest. Her lawyer Kyi Win has been barred from the courtroom, which is inside the notorious Insein prison. The pro-democracy leader, seen here six years ago during one of her last media interviews, planned to plead not guilty, saying she had ordered the American to leave. Whatever the real motivation for her trial, critics of the regime say her arrest spells the end of the generals' so called road map to democracy.
A crucial point in Burmese political regime
Burmese MP and Secretary of the National Democratic Party for Human Rights, "This is definitely a crossroad, that the regime is not only going to put her away but they are going to kill the national reconciliation process. They are going to abandon all the calls of the international community and more importantly the will of the people of Burma."
Five years detention for Suu Kyi if found guilty
Aung San Suu Kyi was due for release from house arrest next week. There is no indication how long her trial will last, but if found guilty she could spend up to five years behind bars.

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