Asia at Human Rights Watch in New York, said the government's use of an outdated constitutional clause to prosecute Aung San Suu Kyi "calls into question the whole reason why [the junta] are doing this.""It just shows that this isn't really a trial at all--it's a witch hunt. It's being politically maneuvered. I think they know that there will be a lot of domestic and international outrage over this and maybe by delaying it . . . perhaps they think they will be able to deal with it in some other way," she said.
from Radio Free Asia: Burma Trial Verdict Delayed
see also BBC News: Inside Burma's Insein prison
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