00:00My initial impression of her was very nice, very unpretentious, shopped in the market
00:08in Gloucester Green.
00:10When she found herself leading the National League for Democracy, well, I have to say
00:16I was surprised.
00:18I thought she was remarkable, I'd never come across anybody quite like this before.
00:26She was the prow of the boat that was going to take them into a democratic state.
00:35Have you considered, and I'm sure you have, why they regard you as such a potent threat?
00:40Because I have the support of the people.
00:44The people are not afraid of me.
00:46And because they are not afraid of me, they tell me what they think.
00:51In terms of stakes for world democracy, it was almost shocking that Myanmar had made
00:56this turnaround to seemingly become this sort of human rights respecting democracy.
01:07She was defending, and she has always defended, the legacy that she felt her family had and
01:12that she had because of her father, who was the great man of Burma.
01:16When she was being asked to put herself in a position of direct opposition to the military,
01:21looking back, whether the military intended it or not, that was part of the trap they
01:25had set for her.
01:26It's in that Grand Hall of Justice, and it's Aung San Suu Kyi denying what happened, you
01:32know, playing down, watering down crimes against humanity.
01:35It's shocking.
01:40The former leader of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, who was ousted from power in a military
01:44coup earlier this year, has been sentenced to four years in prison.
01:48I think life for Daw Suu now must be incredibly difficult.
01:52The conditions that she's being held under are quite awful.
01:56This is a continuing story.
01:58There are twists and turns all the way.
02:02Change is inevitable, one way or another.
02:04I just hope it's sooner rather than later.
02:14I hope it's sooner rather than later.
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