West rebukes Myanmar on "trumped-up" Suu Kyi case

[Coventina]

Source: Reuters

YANGON (Reuters) - Western critics slammed Myanmar's ruling generals on Friday for pressing "trumped-up" new charges against detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, but the move drew only a mild rebuke from Asian neighbors.

The United States, Britain, the European Union, the United Nations and human rights groups condemned the trial that Suu Kyi faces from Monday on charges she broke the terms of her house arrest after an American intruder stayed in her home.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the "regime is clearly intent on finding any pretext, no matter how tenuous, to extend her unlawful detention."

In Washington, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was deeply troubled by the "baseless" new charges against Suu Kyi and would raise the issue with China and other Southeast Asian countries.



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1. Clinton actually protested on behalf of the U.S.?

I expect a telegram any minute now from the thugs running Myanmar that says, and I quote: ":rofl:"