Myanmar hits back at critics of Suu Kyi trial

[Coventina]

Source: Reuters

YANGON, May 28 (Reuters) - Army-ruled Myanmar lashed out at foreign critics of Aung San Suu Kyi's trial on Thursday, accusing them of meddling in its affairs and denying the prosecution of the opposition leader was a political or human rights issue.

Deputy Foreign Minister Maung Myint rebuked his counterparts from Southeast Asia and Europe at a meeting in Cambodia, saying the trial that could jail Suu Kyi, 63, for up to five years was an "internal legal" issue.

"It's not political. It's not a human rights issue, so we don't accept the pressure and interference from abroad," Maung Myint told the ministers at the Phnom Penh meeting.

It was the military regime's strongest reaction yet to international outrage at Suu Kyi's trial on charges that she violated her house arrest by harbouring an uninvited American intruder in early May.


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[Vinnie From Indy]

1. The murdering thugs running Myanmar are lying! Imagine that!

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[David__77]

2. Why on earth they're doing this is beyond me.

It does nothing to enhance their political position at all. They had neutralized her to a large extent, but this only rallies her support and revives the spirit of 8/8/88 rebellion.