Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has gone on trial today on charges related to a visit to her home by an American who swam across a lake to reach it.
The charges against Ms Suu Kyi - who has spent 13 of the past 19 years under house arrest - have been widely condemned.
If found guilty, she faces a prison sentence of three to five years.
She could also be banned from contesting the country's first polls in 20 years, which the military junta plans to hold next year.
Her house arrest had been due to expire on 27 May.
Allies of the Nobel Peace laureate have gathered outside the Yangon prison where she is being held.
US diplomats were seen entering the prison where John Yettaw, the American intruder who triggered the case against Suu Kyi by sneaking into her lakeside villa earlier this month, faces trial on several charges.
Mr Yettaw, a 53-year-old Missouri resident who used homemade flippers to swim to Suu Kyi's residence, is charged with immigration violations, encouraging others to break the law and entering a restricted area.
