Coup

Suu Kyi looked in good health and held a face-to-face meeting with her legal team for about 30 minutes before the hearing, lawyer Thae Maung Maung said.

Suu Kyi, 75, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 for her efforts to build democracy, is among more than 4000 people detained since the coup. She faces charges that range from illegally possessing walkie-talkie radios to violating a state secrets law.

Laurent Poda said in the statement released Saturday that the assets would be frozen for three months for 14 individuals, including coup leader Gen. Gilbert Diendere and his wife Fatou Diendere, a member of parliament for the former ruling party.

He said those with frozen assets will only be able to withdraw 300,000 CFA ($512) each month.

Diendere stepped down after nearly a week in power. Transitional president Michel Kafando and Prime Minister Yacouba Isaac Zida were reinstalled Wednesday.

Gen. Gilbert Diendere, the coup leader, instead said he would hand over power when requested by West African leaders currently meeting in Nigeria.

Soldiers from all over this West African nation arrived in the capital, Ouagadougou, overnight in a show of force to convince the troops backing the coup to lay down their arms. Residents cheered their arrival early Tuesday before they were asked to return to their homes.

The announcement came after the military warned that its forces would converge on the capital and forcibly disarm the soldiers behind the power grab.

Gen. Gilbert Diendere said his presidential guard unit "confirms our commitment to giving power back to civilian authorities." That was one of the key conditions of a draft agreement that resulted from weekend negotiations with regional mediators, but it had been unclear until his announcement whether the junta would abide by those terms.

A former aide to ex-President Blaise Compaore, who was ousted in a popular uprising last year, was named the new head of state. Demonstrators who opposed Compaore's bid to prolong his 27-year rule forced him from office.

At least one person was killed when the presidential guard opened fire with live ammunition to disperse crowds protesting the coup, witnesses said. Several others were treated for gunshot wounds, according to a worker at the main hospital in the capital, Ouagadougou.