Trial Of Coup-Ousted Myanmar's Suu Kyi To Overrun As Prosecution Needs More Time

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who is under house arrest, faces an eclectic raft of charges in a trial her legal team had expected would be wrapped up by the end of July.

A Myanmar junta trial of Aung San Suu Kyi will run longer than scheduled, her lawyers said Monday, with the prosecution still to call nearly two dozen witnesses. The coup-ousted leader, who is under house arrest, faces an eclectic raft of charges in a trial her legal team had expected would be wrapped up by the end of July. But with 23 witnesses still to go, "even the close of the prosecution side won't be possible" by then, said her lawyer Khin Maung Zaw. Suu Kyi was deposed by the military in February, sparking a mass uprising and a brutal crackdown. More than 880 civilians have been killed by the junta's forces, according to a local monitoring group.