YANGON - MYANMAR democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi proclaimed her innocence in front of a prison tribunal on Friday, her lawyer said.

'Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said 'I have no guilt as I didn't commit any crime,'' Nyan Win said at the end of the fifth day of her trial on charges of breaching the conditions of her house arrest.

JAKARTA - INDONESIAN opposition leader and presidential candidate Megawati Sukarnoputri said on Friday she would take a tougher stance in contract negotiations with foreign resource firms if elected in July.

Megawati, is a former president who heads the PDI-P party and is standing against incumbent Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Jusuf Kalla in the July 8 presidential vote, which is likely to focus on economic issues.

MIRI: Police went into a school in Bintulu town in northern Sarawak to arrest two 14-year-olds suspected of raping a 13-year-old student from the same school.