Rev. Danny Fisher

The Associated Press reports that, though a verdict was expected today, a decision will not be rendered in the sham military trial of Burma’s Nobel Peace laureate and Prime Minister-elect Daw Aung San Suu Kyi until August 11th.

It was not immediately clear why the hearing was postponed. [A] government official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to journalists, who were not allowed in the courtroom.

The 64-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner 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 up to five years in prison.

Suu Kyi has been in detention for 14 of the last 20 years.