Videocrux - Aung San Suu Kyi gets 18 months prison again

#Videocrux - Aung San Suu Kyi gets 18 months prison again Aung San Suu Kyi gets 18 months prison again
Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi was Tuesday ordered to stay under house arrest for 18 months after a prison court convicted the Nobel laureate at the end of her internationally condemned trial.
Myanmar's iconic pro democracy reformer
Myanmar's iconic pro-democracy reformer who is also the daughter of her country's most famous freedom fighter. But the Nobel laureate's rise to opposition leader came almost by chance. She was educated abroad but returned home to nurse her sick mother in 1988, the same year that the military violently cracked down on anti-government street demonstrations killing thousands of people.She appeared at a rally before hundreds of thousands of people calling for democracy in Myanmar, once known as Burma. A month later she was elected the head of the newly formed National League for Democracy. The NLD won a decisive victory in elections two years later but the generals refused to recognise the results, placing Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest. In the past 20 years she has spent almost 14 in detention. But her power to inspire has not diminished.
Suu Kyi's freedom ended in 2003
Her last real taste of freedom ended in 2003 when her convoy was attacked and she was again placed under house arrest. She seemed to know what was coming, speaking to reporters and diplomats a few months before the attack.
Once rice bowl of Asia Myanmar now the poorest
Myanmar was known as the 'rice bowl' of Asia. It has since become one of the poorest nations in the region. Aung San Suu Kyi was once offered her freedom by the junta if she would simply leave the country.Instead, she chose to stay and has endured everything in the hope of bringing about change, including spending the last three and a half months on trial for breaching her house arrest.
Suu Kyi not be the part of next general election
Another 18 months may seem trivial -- but crucially, it's enough to ensure she's not around for the next general election. ‘The Lady’ is still clearly seen as a thorn in the side of Myanmar's military regime.

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