Suu Kyi Trail Chronology

16 August: John Yettaw of Falcon, Missouri, arrived in Bangkok on a
US government plane with Sen Jim Webb of Virginia, who secured his
freedom with a plea to Burma's ruling military junta.

16 August: Burmese state television said that Yettaw was freed on
humanitarian grounds because of his health.

15 August: John Yettaw was released after visiting US Sen Jim Webb
won his release.

15 August: Aung San Suu Kyi met with US Sen Jim Webb. Suu Kyi was
taken from her lakeside residence to a government guesthouse for the
meeting.

12 August: Aung San Suu Kyi criticized the recent verdict against
her and plans to challenge the court’s decision as “totally unfair”
and “totally illogical.”

11 August: Suu Kyi sentenced to a further 18 months house arrest by
Rangoon’s Northern District Court.

4 August: John William Yettaw, the American on trial with Aung San
Suu Kyi, was hospitalized for a second time, apparently the result of
fasting in prison.

31 July: The verdict in the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi was postponed
to August 11 on the order of high-ranking military officials in
Napyidaw.
28 July Suu Kyi trial concluded with the court announcing it will
deliver its verdict at the end of the week.

Aung San Suu Kyi insisted that the proceedings would show “whether or
not the rule of law exists in the country.”

24 July: Suu Kyi's trial was postponed after her defense gave a
30-page closing statement. She said the current charge against
her—harboring American intruder John W Yettaw—could not be examined
"correctly and completely."

10 July: Aung San Suu Kyi spent more than six hours in court as
government prosecutors questioned a defense witness.

4 July: UN Secretary-General Ban KI-moon said he was “deeply
disappointed” because Burma’s military junta rejected his second
request to meet Suu Kyi.

29 June: The highest court rejected the appeal by Suu Kyi’s lawyers
to reinstate two key witnesses in the trail.

22 June: Suu Kyi and her two companions meet with her lawyers at the
prison for two hours to prepare their arguments. Suu Kyi thanks the
public for their birthday wishes.

17 June: The high court granted a request by lawyers of Suu Kyi to
consider whether two more defense witnesses can testify.

13 June: Suu Kyi’s lawyer said Burma’s high court will convene June
17 to consider an appeal to reinstate two key defense witnesses.

12 June: The Rangoon North District Court postponed Suu Kyi’s trail to
June 26 to hear the testimony of a Suu Kyi’s defense witness.

10 June: Suu Kyi instructed her lawyers to continue the appeals
process to allow more defense witnesses to be heard in a case.

9 June: A Burmese divisional court rejected two defense witnesses for
Suu Kyi and accepted a third.

—The court rejected Tin Oo, the vice chairman of the NLD, and Win Tin,
a member of the NLD executive committee.

—It accepted Khin Moh Moh, a lawyer and NLD member.

5 June: The trial of Aung San Suu Kyi is delayed for a week allowing
for testimony from three additional defense witnesses.

3 June: The judge agrees to postpone the verdict to hear evidence from
the three defense witnesses.

29 May: The court declares a recess.

28 May: The prosecution’s only defense witness, Kyi Win, is scheduled
to appear at the court session.

27 May: The judge rules to reject the defense’s proposed witnesses: a
lawyer and two senior members of the National League for Democracy.
They include the prominent the journalist and former political
prisoner, Win Tin, the party's vice chairman; Tin Oo, an NLD member
currently under house arrest: and lawyer Khin Moe Moe.

26 May: Aung San Suu Kyi testifies that she did not violate the terms
of her house arrest, saying she only offered temporary shelter to a US
man who swam to her lakeside home.

Kyi Win, Suu Kyi’s lawyer, testifies that her harboring Yettaw did not
constitute a violation of her house arrest and that it was the duty of
government guards outside her compound to prevent any intrusions.

Journalists and diplomats attend the trial.

25 May: The prosecution abruptly drops eight remaining witnesses.

Authorities will allow 21 journalists, 10 from local media and 11
representing foreign media, to cover the trial.

The prosecution questions Suu Kyi and she testifies: "I did not inform
them," when asked by the judge whether she had told Burma's military
authorities about the intrusion. "I allowed him to have temporary
shelter."

She testifies Yettaw left at 11:45 pm on May 5, adding: "I only knew
that he went to the lakeside. I did not know which way he went because
it was dark."

23 May: The state-own daily newspaper The New Light of Myanmar reports
on the fifth day of Suu Kyi’s trial.

Items left by an uninvited American visitor are presented as evidence
for the prosecution, including a book on the Mormon faith and a
personal letter, which establish Yettaw’s presence and could be used
to convict and imprison Suu Kyi on charges of violating her house
arrest, according to the newspaper.

22 May: Prosecutors accuse Suu Kyi of accepting items left by John
William Yettaw.

The special government court in Insein Prison accepts charges against
Suu Kyi that she violated the terms of her house arrest.

21 May: The prosecution spends almost two hours showing a video said
to have been shot by Yettaw at Suu Kyi's house during visit.

20 May: Day Three of the trial. Ten journalists and 30 diplomats are
allowed inside the courtroom. Five of the journalists are from local
government-friendly publications while the other five are from
international news media and are chosen by drawing lots.

Thai, Singaporean and Russian ambassadors are permitted to meet with
Suu Kyi in her “guest house” in Insein Prison. Suu Kyi reportedly
looks healthy and appears confident during the 45-minute hearing.

19 May: The trial continues behind closed doors. Suu Kyi is led into
the courtroom by women security officers. Five more prosecution
witnesses are called, including Lt-Col Maung Muang Khin of the
Criminal Investigation Department and immigration officer Myat Twin.
Suu Kyi and other defendants are denied requests to address the court.
Burma’ state-run press report on the case against Suu Kyi for the
first time.

18 May: Suu Kyi’s trial begins at Insein Special Court. A police
official is the first witness called by the prosecution. Police set up
barbed wire barricades as roadblocks as crowds gather on the road
leading to the prison.

15 May: Two of Suu Kyi’s lawyers, Aung Thein and Khin Maung Shein, are
dismissed from Burma’s bar.

May 14: Suu Kyi and her two “companions” are arrested and transferred
to Insein prison where they are detained in a guest house within the
jail’s compound; Suu Kyi, her two companions and Yettaw are charged;
Suu Kyi’s lawyer announces she is to be tried on May 18; State-run
newspapers publish a biography of Yettaw.

May 13: US embassy officials meet with Yettaw for three minutes at an
interrogation center in Rangoon.

May 11: Dr Pyone Mo Ei revisits Suu Kyi and administers an intravenous drip.

May 8: Dr Pyone Mo Ei pays Suu Kyi a medical visit for about 2 hours.

May 7: State-run media report that a US citizen swam to Suu Kyi’s
house and stayed for three days; More than 20 police briefly enter Suu
Kyi’s compound; Suu Kyi’s lawyer announces that she is “not safe”; Dr
Tin Myo Win is refused entry to the compound and is then arrested.

May 6: Yettaw is fished out of the lake by police and arrested.

May 3: Yettaw swims across Inya Lake to Suu Kyi’s house.

May 2: American John William Yettaw arrives in Rangoon on a tourist visa.

May 1: Burmese military authorities reject an appeal to release Aung
San Suu Kyi from house arrest.