Burmese Pro-Democracy Leader to Face Unspecified Charges

A spokesman for Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) said she and her maids would face charges in connection with an uninvited visit from an American, John Yettaw, who swam across a lake to visit her home. Ms. Suu Kyi, a Nobel Laureate, is 63 years old and has been under house arrest for most of the last 19 years.

"We think she will be charged under Article 22 of the state protection act. It [the government] is likely to accuse her that she violates the restrictions enforced under this law. We will definitely defend that she does not violate the restrictions," the NLD spokesman told the BBC's Burmese Service.

"We heard, once she is formally charged she will not be sent back to her residence," he added.