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Wednesday, May 27, 2009 » 05:00pm

Aung San Suu Kyi is on trial in Rangoon for violating the terms of her house arrest by offering shelter to a US man.

The trial of Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is a farce which seems designed only to extend her period of detention, Stephen Smith says.

Australia's ambassador to Burma attended the trial on Tuesday and reported Aung San Suu Kyi to be well and conducting herself with great dignity and resilience, he said.

Australia's position was that her detention - for 13 out of the past 19 years - should cease immediately and unconditionally.

Aung San Suu Kyi is on trial in Rangoon for violating the terms of her house arrest by offering shelter to a US man who swam to her lakeside home.

Mr Smith said the trial was a farce.

'What I worry about of course is that the current trial process is just a device to secure a further term of detention or imprisonment for her,' he told ABC Radio.

Mr Smith welcomed 'very much' that ASEAN nations had taken a strong stance on the issue as well as Australia.


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