Support growing for Suu Kyi release

YANGON, Myanmar, May 28 (UPI) -- The Myanmar court trying opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi adjourned until Monday after hearing the lone defense witness, a spokesman said Thursday.

The court questioned Kyi Win for about three hours in Yangon before breaking for the weekend, said Nyan Win, a spokesman for the Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy. Kyi Win is expected to return to the stand.

Meanwhile, global demand for release of the 63-year-old Nobel laureate grew louder with the launch of an online campaign on her behalf, CNN reported.

Supporters are being asked to leave 64-word messages for Suu Kyi by June 19 when she will turn 64. By early Thursday, nearly 3,000 messages had been posted, her party said.

Suu Kyi was first detained in 1989 after mass protests against the military government.

Earlier this week, U.S. President Obama called for Suu Kyi's immediate and unconditional release from an "arbitrary" and "unjustified" detention.

The military junta is trying Suu Kyi for violating her house arrest when she allegedly offered temporary shelter to an American man who swam across a lake to her home.