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Smiling throughout, Aung San Suu Kyi gave a show of quiet confidence for diplomats and journalists who were allowed into her trial Wednesday for a rare glimpse of the pro-democracy icon. The slender 63-year-old wore pink and maroon Burmese dress and appeared in good health at the court inside Yangon's notorious Insein prison, despite a series of recent medical scares and the rigours of her detention.
She peered at the visiting diplomats, apparently trying to see if she recognised any of them after her years under house arrest, while her lawyers tried to get permission for her to meet them - but to no avail. "I don't think I have permission," the Nobel Peace Prize winner called out to the diplomatic corps from the wooden bench where she had sat throughout during Wednesday's proceedings, an AFP reporter inside the courtroom saw.
"Thank you very much for coming and for your support... I can't meet you one by one, but I hope to meet you all in better days," she added, still smiling. Almost as one, the foreign diplomats replied "Thank you" as a group of female police officers led her away. She was later due to meet diplomats from Thailand, Singapore and Russia. It was the first public appearance by Myanmar's opposition icon since she was whisked from her home last week on charges that she harboured an eccentric US national who swam to her lakeside home earlier this month.

Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2009

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