WHERE IS DEMOCRACY?

Police clamped tight security on Myanmar's Insein Central Prison on Monday where opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi faces trial on charges that could jail the Nobel Peace laureate for up to five years.The military regime has ignored international outrage at what outside groups call trumped up charges against Suu Kyi, accused of breaking the conditions of her house arrest set to expire on May 27 after six years of detention.Armed police manned barricades on the road outside the prison in Yangon, where dissidents have called for "silent rallies" until Suu Kyi is freed. The area was calm early on Monday.Former student demonstrators and monks involved in 2007 street protests crushed by the military said in a joint statement they will "oppose this latest atrocity using any means until Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is freed".The American intruder who triggered the case against Suu Kyi and her two female companions by sneaking into her lakeside villa in Yangon, is also expected to stand trial on several charges.If convicted, Suu Kyi faces 3 to 5 years in jail.Her lawyer, Kyi Win, said the 63-year-old was "quite well" after being treated for low blood pressure and dehydration before she was charged last Thursday."She is ready to tell the truth that she never broke the law," he said after being allowed to meet Suu Kyi for one hour at her prison guest house on Saturday.