1 - For the last 3.5 years ASSK has had her ability to communicate completely cut off and
has been physically isolated in virtual solitary confinement.
2 -The only visitor (other than her own doctor and attendants) has been Gambari who
met her twice in ‘06 without achieving any positive results, nor any full disclosure of what
they talked about.
3 - Those of us who are frequent visitors to Burma, and Burmese in Burma, remark that
ASSK is fading in people’s minds, especially young people – a younger generation who
has NEVER heard her voice, nor seen her, even on TV.
4 - the regime is erasing her presence and her very existence - and will likely NOT EVER
compromise with her, or allow her voice to be heard again.
5 - previous periods of house arrest were quite different - visitors were allowed, at times
she could speak to crowds, and she occasionally was allowed to travel within the
country.....
6 - She is now being falsely charged with tax evasion, by which the regime may sentence
her to a long term as a criminal. (She has actually not been charged yet with anything
despite so many years of confinement)
II - WHAT COULD CHANGE THE MINDS AT THE UN, ASEAN,
BURMA’S NEIGHBORS, and others?
We think there is only one thing that could have possibly changed the outcome of the
U.N. vote, ASEAN’s inaction, and India’s stance. (and possibly Russia’s position)
IMAGINE IF AUNG SAN SUU KYI had spoken at the UN, and to the Chinese and Russian
delegations, and spoken to all the ASEAN leaders and ministers, and traveled to and
spoke to leaders and crowds in India, Thailand, Singapore, Europe and Japan.
And, if she had spoken before the US Congress, the EU and British Parliaments, various
Asian bodies, and had many times been interviewed and featured on CNN, BBC, 60
Minutes, Fox, NBC, ABC, Oprah, Larry King, and more importantly - the equivalents in
Europe and Asia.
And, if she attended a special long overdue Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to properly
award her the honor, and to make world news out of the reasons for this long, long delay.
And, she appeared again and again with other Nobel laureates, the Dalai Lama, the Pope,
Jolie and Brad, Bono, and Shan and Karen refugees, etc.
And, big cameras accompanied her to Thai border refugee camps and Burmese expatriate
communities in Asia, US and Japan.

(To be continued)