Not at all unexpected since the Myanmar thugs will do whatever they can to keep her under wraps and silent, nonetheless it's still a travesty.From the Huffington Post...
A Myanmar court convicted democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday of violating her house arrest by allowing an uninvited American to stay at her home. The head of the military-ruled country ordered her to serve an 18-month sentence under house arrest.The 64-year-old Nobel Peace laureate has already been in detention for 14 of the last 20 years, mostly under house arrest, and the extension will remove her from the political scene when the junta stages elections next year.
The ruling – which also convicted the American, John Yettaw, and sentenced him to seven years – drew immediate criticism from world leaders, with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown calling it "monstrous." French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged the European Union to adopt new sanctions, calling the verdict "brutal and unjust."
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Sounds like some trumped up charges to prevent her from being part of the elections next year.
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