Lawyers for Aung San Suu Kyi said they have sought permission to meet with the detained Burmese democracy leader ahead of an appeal hearing scheduled for September 18.
“We asked the authorities for permission to discuss the appeal and receive further instructions from her, but so far we have not received a reply,” Nyan Win, a lawyer for Suu Kyi, told The Irrawaddy on Tuesday.
The Rangoon Division court agreed last week to hear an appeal against an August 11 judgment that found Suu Kyi guilty of violating the terms of her house arrest.
The appeal was submitted on September 3 and was accepted by the court the next day.
Meanwhile, diplomats in Rangoon and Bangkok have asked Burma’s ruling junta to allow Suu Kyi to receive visitors, according to diplomatic sources.
When Suu Kyi was sentenced to a further 18 months of house for allowing an American intruder to shelter at her home, the regime said she would be permitted to meet guests at the discretion of the relevant authorities.
Suu Kyi has been detained for more than 14 of the past 20 years.
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