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Sentenced to another 18 months under house arrest
The world today strongly condemned the Burmese military dictatorship for continuing to detain Burma’s democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and called on the United Nations Security Council to impose a global arms embargo against Burma.
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YANGON, Myanmar - A Myanmar court on Tuesday found pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of violating her house arrest, but the head of the military-ruled country said she can serve out a 1 1/2-year sentence under house arrest.
The court initially sentenced Suu Kyi to a three-year prison term. But after a five-minute recess, the country's home minister entered the courtroom and read aloud a special order from junta chief Than Shwe.
The order said Than Shwe was cutting the sentence in half to 1 1/2 years and that it could be served under house arrest. Suu Kyi has been in detention for 14 of the last 20 years, mostly under house arrest.
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