Burmese authorities are not allowing Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to hear her appeal in person at the Rangoon Division Court on Thursday, said Suu Kyi’s lawyer, Nyan Win.
Nyan Win said police told him they could not take her to the court, which has sole jurisdiction over Suu Kyi’s case.
The police from Special Intelligence Department, known as "special branch," stationed at Suu Kyi’s compound would normally escort her to the court, said Nyan Win.
Suu Kyi’s appeal was accepted by the Rangoon Division Court on Sept. 4, and the hearing will take place on Thursday at 10 a.m.
Suu Kyi was sentenced to 18 months under house arrest on Aug. 11 on the charge of allowing an American, John William Yettaw, to stay at her lakeside home when she was under house arrest.
Suu Kyi was initially sentenced to three years imprisonment by Rangoon Northern District Court. However, a special order from junta chief Snr-Gen Than Shwe stated that because Suu Kyi is the daughter of national hero Gen Aung San, her sentence would be commuted to 18 months under house arrest.
Suu Kyi has spent nearly 14 of the last 20 years under detention, mostly under house arrest.
Her current period of detention began after her arrest in May 2003, when a convoy of vehicles in which she was traveling was attacked by military regime-backed thugs in Depayin Township in Sagaing Division, central Burma.
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