Why do you think Gen. Than Shwe commuted her sentence?
They have to be careful about internal outrage within Burma. She is the daughter of Aung San, who was the founder of the Burmese Army; this kind of sentence, if people hear about it, it will cause outrage. And their main objective is not the sentence—their main objective is to exclude her from the political process. John Yettaw’s wife suggested that her husband’s arrest actually was a positive thing, because it raised awareness of her plight. What do you think of that? That is going too far. Suu Kyi already has international attention. It’s not fair. Are you mad at him? If he did this a few years ago, we would have been mad at him. But the timing is so coincidental that even if he didn’t do it, the military would have found an excuse to detain her further. But he should really keep away from these politics. There were some rumors that the junta purposely let him in, egged him on to go. As far as we know, she asked him to get out. As you know, he is a crazy guy, so she did not have the
