Singapore - Singapore lamented the guilty verdict for Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi Tuesday, saying it hoped the military junta would allow her to participate in politics soon.

"We are disappointed to learn that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was found guilty," a Foreign Ministry spokesman said.

A Myanmar court on Tuesday found Suu Kyi guilty of breaking the terms of her house arrest by allowing a US national to swim into her lakeside compound in May.

She was sentenced to three years in prison, but the junta commuted the sentence to 18 months of house arrest. (dpa)