Burma has been keeping up the farce of legality and democracy for the past many years, especially in relation to Aung San Suu Kyi:

The court presiding over the trial of Burma’s detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will deliver its verdict on Friday, her lawyer has said.

Ms Suu Kyi faces five years in jail if she is convicted of violating the terms of her house arrest by letting a US man stay in her home uninvited.

…a guilty verdict is expected.

Prosecutors argue that Aung San Suu Kyi must be held responsible for the midnight swim to her home by the American well-wisher John Yettaw in early May.

What’s the idea behind the fake trial? Everyone already knows the outcome.