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Article: Suu Kyi keeps flame of democracy alight
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 21, 1995
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In Rangoon, critics of Aung San Suu Kyi claim that six years of
house arrest imposed by the military regime have extinguished her
fire. Since her release five weeks ago, these critics say, the
Nobel Peace Prize winner has rarely ventured from the house beside
Inya lake where she was kept prisoner for so long.
"No, the fire hasn't gone," Ms Suu Kyi told the Independent. Her
voice stays calm, but her eyes flash, revealing a diamond-hard
determination. "The Slorc {Burma's ruling generals} would like to
believe that, but it isn't true."
Ms Suu Kyi is a slender, delicate woman, just turned 50; her
face possesses a quiet radiance. Although she says she forgives her
captors, her imprisonment has ...