Myanmar's military government has charged Aung San Suu Kyi, the country's opposition leader, with violating the terms of her house arrest after an American allegedly sneaked into her home, her lawyer says.Kyi Win, the lawyer, said the Nobel Peace laureate's trial would start on May 18, adding that she could be jailed for up to five years.Critics have denounced the trial at Insein prison in Yangon, the former capital, where Aung San Suu Kyi and two women who live with her were taken by police on Thursday.
The say such a trial could be used to justify another extension of her home detention which officially expires on May 27.
Zin Linn, the director of the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma, a pro-democracy group that supports Aung San Suu Kyi, told Al Jazeera there was an "ulterior" motive to the trial.
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