• more about #arrest
    topsy: It sounds like this guy was a very determined stalker. Or an employee of the government. Aung San Suu Ky is a hero. I like to think that I would be ... more »
    MeganGlass 就是一个古代的三明治: When I heard this on the news, I thought Steve Inskeep said "John Utah" and I immediately thought of point break. That said, what a fucking enormous a... more »
    Katxyz: If something hadn't happened, the Burmese government would've made something happen, or said something happened. This is already an unbelievable flim... more »
    Hooplehead: What a jackass. Like Aung San Suu Kyi doesn't have enough problems. Burma singlehandedly proves the saying that "Good will triumph over evil when the... more »
    bluebears: For more information on the deplorable human rights conditions in Burma/Myanmar if anyone is interested: [www.amnestyusa.org] more »
    bluebears: Not to be all conspiracy theorist but this smells to high heaven. This random guy just happens to get into her place in violation of some obscure law ... more »
    Jello Mix: People who can put their cause before themselves awe me. more »
    Sputnik_Sweetheart: So, this morning there were items about North Korea trying American journalists and Cheney talking about a conspiracy to keep him from invading Iran, ... more »
    JinxyMcDeath: Who the fuck is this guy? And how is he not harmless if he breaks into peoples houses and then refuses to leave? more »
    JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was charged today with violating the terms of her house arrest after an... more »
    hfree: Did this guy think he was going to free her? As I understand it, she puts up with the house arrest, in part, because she realizes that she is doing mo... more »
    NefariousNewt: It leads me to wonder: how has Burma recovered from the typhoon damage? I've noticed that that whole brouhaha dropped off the radar screen about the t... more »
    CurtCole: There should be some law about pissing people off/doing incredibly stupid things in foreign counties; of course we would have had to impeach Bush. more »
    CloudsInMyCoffee: I highly recommend Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin for those interested in the country and its crazy-oppressiveness. That book freaked m... more »
    stacyinbean: He's clearly harmless to himself, but not to her! What a fucking asshole! more »
    NefariousNewt: I heard this on The BBC News Hour this morning, and I frankly couldn't understand what this guy was trying to accomplish. A paranoid part of me got th... more »
    RustyHeadedGirl: Man, normally I never apologize for being American, but I feel like I need to apologize for being American for this jerk. Nice job, buddy. It's not a... more »
    NefariousNewt: Article 22 of the Law Safeguarding the State from the Danger of Subversionists Actually, there is only one law in Burma: Junta Law One -- the law is w... more »
  • #foreignaffairs

    Burmese Activist Charged After Visit By "Wretched American"

    Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was charged today with violating the terms of her house arrest after an American man snuck into her house uninvited. More »