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a FriendBurmese authorities are expected to hand down the
verdict in the trial of a Burmese-American rights activist
Wednesday.   Kyaw Zaw Lwin, also known as Nyi Nyi Aung, was one
of the organizers of the 1988 pro-democracy uprising.  He fled
Burma for neighboring Thailand following a military crackdown on
activists. He later became a U.S. citizen. Kyaw Zaw Lwin was
arrested at Rangoon airport on September 3 as he tried to enter
the country to visit his ailing mother, also an activist who is
serving a prison term in Burma.  He was tried in a criminal
court in October for alleged possession of a forged Burmese
identity card and failing to declare foreign currency.  He
denies the charges. Rights organizations say the charges are
trumped up and that Kyaw Zaw Lwin was arrested before he had a
chance to make any declarations to the