Suu Kyi braces for the worst ahead of verdict pictures

Suu Kyi braces for the worst ahead of verdict images
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1. Supporters and others gather Tuesday, July 28, 2009, near Insein Prison in Yangon, Myanmar. The defense team for Myanmar's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is preparing to give its final arguments in the case on Tuesday, a day after the prosecution delive

Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was bracing for the worst ahead of Friday's verdict in her high-profile trial, gathering medicine and books to prepare for a feared prison term, her lawyer said.

The frail 64-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner was "physically and mentally fine, and very alert," Nyan Win, one of her lawyers, said Thursday.

"She is getting ready for any result," he said. "She is preparing for the worst."

Suu Kyi is charged with violating the terms of her long house arrest when an American intruder swam across a lake and spent two nights at her home in early May. She faces a minimum of three years and maximum of five years in prison.

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