my 64 for Suu.

July 2006. It was a wedding. The setting was a guest house in Naypyidaw, the announced capital of Burma. The state-run media was mum about it - an attempt to show restraint. This time, they contained the situation before their impoverished masses will have the chance of a rare glimpse of the excesses of Burma’s ruling elite. Top generals and closest business associates clunk their glasses to toast while their lips twitch at the taste of expensive wines. The wedding itself cost around $300,000. The bride and groom were showered with gifts worth billions of Kyat including jewels, luxury cars, houses and deeds to valuable real estate - an estimate of staggering $50 million. The wedding of the year. The wedding of Thandar Shwe, the daughter of Senior General Than Shwe, the head of state of Myanmar.

July 1989. She was put under house arrest by The State Peace and Development Council, the military regime of Burma. She was offered freedom if she left Burma, but she refused.


May 3,2009. For some unknown reason, John William Yettaw, an American man, swan across Inya Lake to her House, uninvited. Ten days later, she was arrested for violating the terms of her house arrest because of the intrusion. She was taken to Insein Prison and was later put to a subsequent trial. Sooner than later, the junta will once again place her in detention, this time in a military base outside the city.

Friday, June 19, 2009. Today is her 64th birthday and 13th year of detention. She still remains under house arrest in Rangoon. She isn't allowed to see her family and friends. Her phone line is cut and her post is interrupted.

Your plight has shaken the understanding of freedom, demonstrating that many are kept silent merely for advocating truth towards progression. Happy 64th Birthday Aung San Suu Kyi! We anticipate the day you'll walk free and Burma of military oppression!!


"It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it."

- Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace laureate, symbolises the struggle of Burma's people to be free.



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