Aung San Suu Kyi urges Myanmar to stay 'united'

Aung San Suu Kyi has been hit with an eclectic raft of charges. She could face more than a decade in prison if convicted on all counts. - Reuters

YANGON (AFP): Ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi asked the people of Myanmar to stay "united" in the face of military rule, her lawyers said Tuesday (June 29), as she reappeared in a junta court.

The Nobel laureate, and daughter of independence hero General Aung San, has been under house arrest since a February coup that sparked huge pro-democracy protests the junta has tried to crush with deadly force.