Suu_NP0 Kyi_NP0 may_VM0 spend_VVI the_AT0 rest_NN1 of_PRF her_DPS life_NN1 in_PRP political_AJ0 prison_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC the_AT0 fight_NN1 for_PRP democracy_NN1 in_PRP Myanmar_NP0 rages_VVZ on_AVP ._SENT 
AS_CJS AUNG_NP0 SAN_NP0 SUU_NP0 KYI_NP0 CLIMBED_VVD the_AT0 steps_NN2 of_PRF the_AT0 gargantuan_AJ0 parliamentary_AJ0 building_NN1 into_PRP her_DPS first_ORD session_NN1 as_PRP an_AT0 elected_AJ0 lawmaker_NN1 ,_PUN I_PNP watched_VVD along_AVP with_PRP my_DPS colleagues_NN2 in_PRP the_AT0 offices_NN2 of_PRF The_AT0 Myanmar_NP0 Times_NN2 ,_PUN where_CJS we_PNP crowded_VVD around_AVP and_CJC turned_VVD our_DPS heads_NN2 upward_AJ0 to_PRP the_AT0 boxy_AJ0 televisions_NN2 that_CJT hung_VVD precariously_AV0 above_PRP the_AT0 newsroom_NN1 ._SENT 
This_DT0 was_VBD July_NP0 2012._CRD Suu_NP0 Kyi_NP0 's_POS arrival_NN1 had_VHD been_VBN delayed_VVN by_PRP a_AT0 whirlwind_NN1 17-day_AJ0 lap_NN1 around_PRP Europe_NP0 ._SENT She_PNP 'd_VHD collected_VVN an_AT0 honorary_AJ0 doctorate_NN1 from_PRP the_AT0 University_NN1 of_PRF Oxford_NP0 and_CJC accepted_VVD the_AT0 Nobel_NP0 Peace_NN1 Prize_NN1 she_PNP 'd_VHD won_VVN 21_CRD years_NN2 earlier_AJC while_CJS under_PRP house_NN1 arrest_NN1 as_PRP the_AT0 country_NN1 's_POS leading_AJ0 dissident_NN1 ._SENT During_PRP the_AT0 trip_NN1 ,_PUN Suu_NP0 Kyi_NP0 had_VHD surprised_VVN some_DT0 when_CJS she_PNP struck_VVD a_AT0 conciliatory_AJ0 tone_NN1 while_CJS speaking_VVG about_PRP her_DPS military_AJ0 captors_NN2 ._SENT "_PUQ In_PRP some_DT0 ways_NN2 ,_PUN I_PNP do_VDB n't_XX0 think_VVI they_PNP did_VDD anything_PNI to_PRP me_PNP ,_PUN "_PUQ she_PNP replied_VVD when_CJS asked_VVN whether_CJS she_PNP forgave_VVD the_AT0 military_NN1 for_PRP her_DPS treatment_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 comment_NN1 provided_VVD an_AT0 early_AJ0 ,_PUN if_CJS at_PRP the_AT0 time_NN1 overlooked_VVN ,_PUN indicator_NN1 of_PRF how_AVQ she_PNP viewed_VVD the_AT0 organization_NN1 that_CJT had_VHD inflicted_VVN decades_NN2 of_PRF hardship_NN1 on_PRP Myanmar_NP0 (_PUL known_VVN as_PRP Burma_NP0 until_PRP 1989_CRD )_PUR ._SENT 
Suu_NP0 Kyi_NP0 's_POS debut_NN1 in_PRP Parliament_NN1 was_VBD one_PNI in_PRP a_AT0 string_NN1 of_PRF firsts_NN2 that_CJT would_VM0 enrapture_VVI the_AT0 nation_NN1 of_PRF roughly_AV0 54_CRD million_CRD as_CJS it_PNP began_VVD to_TO0 emerge_VVI from_PRP nearly_AV0 60_CRD years_NN2 of_PRF direct_AJ0 military_AJ0 rule_NN1 ._SENT Earlier_AV0 that_DT0 spring_NN1 ,_PUN Suu_NP0 Kyi_NP0 had_VHD left_VVN the_AT0 country_NN1 for_PRP the_AT0 first_ORD time_NN1 in_PRP 24_CRD years_NN2 ,_PUN on_PRP a_AT0 trip_NN1 across_PRP the_AT0 border_NN1 to_PRP Thailand_NP0 ._SENT A_AT0 few_DT0 weeks_NN2 after_PRP her_DPS debut_NN1 in_PRP Parliament_NN1 ,_PUN work_NN1 in_PRP our_DPS dated_AJ0 newsroom_NN1 paused_VVD again_AV0 and_CJC eyes_NN2 turned_VVD up_AVP to_PRP the_AT0 televisions_NN2 as_CJS she_PNP rose_VVD and_CJC made_VVD her_DPS first_ORD speech_NN1 to_PRP the_AT0 chamber_NN1 ._SENT We_PNP did_VDD so_AV0 again_AV0 that_DT0 fall_NN1 ,_PUN when_CJS then-U.S_NN2 ._SENT President_NP0 Barack_NP0 Obama_NP0 's_POS motorcade_NN1 rolled_VVD through_PRP Yangon_NP0 ,_PUN Myanmar_NP0 's_POS largest_AJS city_NN1 ._SENT He_PNP was_VBD the_AT0 first_ORD sitting_NN1 U.S._NP0 president_NN1 to_TO0 visit_VVI the_AT0 country_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ O-Burma_NP0 "_PUQ read_VVD the_AT0 front-page_AJ0 headline_NN1 in_PRP The_AT0 Myanmar_NP0 Times_NN2 ._SENT 
This_DT0 second_ORD act_NN1 for_PRP Suu_NP0 Kyi_NP0 ,_PUN as_CJS an_AT0 elected_AJ0 politician_NN1 rather_AV0 than_CJS an_AT0 opposition_NN1 figure_NN1 ,_PUN turned_VVD out_AVP to_TO0 be_VBI short-lived_AJ0 ._SENT Over_PRP the_AT0 next_ORD seven_CRD years_NN2 ,_PUN she_PNP rose_VVD to_TO0 become_VVI Myanmar_NP0 's_POS de_NP0 facto_NN1 leader_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC then_AV0 saw_VVD her_DPS international_AJ0 reputation_NN1 tumble_NN1 from_PRP globally_AV0 respected_AJ0 icon_NN1 of_PRF democracy_NN1 to_PRP defender_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 most_AV0 heinous_AJ0 actions_NN2 of_PRF the_AT0 same_DT0 military_NN1 that_CJT has_VHZ ,_PUN yet_AV0 again_AV0 ,_PUN imprisoned_VVD her_PNP ._SENT But_CJC the_AT0 anti-junta_NN1 and_CJC prodemocracy_NN1 movement_NN1 that_CJT emerged_VVD after_PRP the_AT0 military_AJ0 seized_AJ0 power_NN1 in_PRP a_AT0 February_NP0 coup_NN1 has_VHZ over_PRP the_AT0 past_AJ0 10_CRD months_NN2 hardened_VVN and_CJC is_VBZ now_AV0 about_AV0 much_AV0 more_AV0 than_CJS Suu_NP0 Kyi_NP0 and_CJC her_DPS party_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 National_AJ0 League_NN1 for_PRP Democracy_NN1 ._SENT 
Yesterday_AV0 ,_PUN in_PRP a_AT0 closed-door_AJ0 trial_NN1 ,_PUN Suu_NP0 Kyi_NP0 was_VBD convicted_VVN on_PRP one_CRD charge_NN1 of_PRF incitement_NN1 to_TO0 cause_VVI public_AJ0 alarm_NN1 and_CJC another_DT0 of_PRF flouting_VVG pandemic_AJ0 rules_NN2 ._SENT The_AT0 first_ORD charge_NN1 stems_VVZ from_PRP an_AT0 unsigned_AJ0 letter_NN1 the_AT0 NLD_NP0 published_VVD calling_VVG on_PRP international_AJ0 organizations_NN2 not_XX0 to_TO0 cooperate_VVI with_PRP the_AT0 junta_NN1 ;_PUN the_AT0 second_ORD is_VBZ for_PRP COVID-protocol_NN1 violations_NN2 during_PRP Suu_NP0 Kyi_NP0 's_POS reelection_NN1 campaign_NN1 last_ORD year_NN1 ._SENT She_PNP was_VBD sentenced_VVN to_PRP four_CRD years_NN2 in_PRP detention_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC hours_NN2 after_PRP the_AT0 decision_NN1 was_VBD handed_VVN down_AVP ,_PUN state_NN1 media_NN0 announced_VVD that_CJT her_DPS sentence_NN1 had_VHD been_VBN reduced_VVN by_PRP two_CRD years_NN2 ._SENT Even_AV0 with_PRP this_DT0 decision_NN1 ,_PUN a_AT0 tactic_NN1 Myanmar_NP0 's_POS military_AJ0 rulers_NN2 have_VHB sometimes_AV0 used_VVN to_TO0 appear_VVI magnanimous_AJ0 ,_PUN she_PNP will_VM0 likely_AV0 face_VVI a_AT0 significantly_AV0 longer_AJC sentence_NN1 by_PRP the_AT0 time_NN1 the_AT0 junta_NN1 is_VBZ done_VDN with_PRP her_PNP ._SENT The_AT0 charges_NN2 are_VBB the_AT0 first_ORD of_PRF a_AT0 dozen_CRD piled_VVD on_PRP her_DPS following_VVG the_AT0 coup_NN1 ,_PUN which_DTQ the_AT0 military_NN1 has_VHZ attempted_VVN to_TO0 justify_VVI with_PRP dubious_AJ0 claims_NN2 of_PRF voter_NN1 fraud_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 maximum_AJ0 sentences_NN2 of_PRF the_AT0 charges_NN2 against_PRP her_DPS add_VVB up_AVP to_PRP more_AV0 than_CJS a_AT0 century_NN1 ._SENT 
Ham-fistedly_AV0 banishing_VVG Suu_NP0 Kyi_NP0 from_PRP politics_NN1 may_VM0 provide_VVI the_AT0 generals_NN2 with_PRP a_AT0 satisfying_AJ0 moment_NN1 of_PRF vengeance_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC it_PNP will_VM0 not_XX0 halt_VVI the_AT0 anti-junta_AJ0 resistance_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 movement_NN1 has_VHZ progressed_VVN well_AV0 beyond_PRP early_AJ0 calls_NN2 for_PRP Suu_NP0 Kyi_NP0 's_POS freedom_NN1 and_CJC the_AT0 restoration_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 election_NN1 's_POS results_NN2 ,_PUN which_DTQ the_AT0 NLD_NP0 won_VVD by_PRP a_AT0 landslide_NN1 ._SENT If_CJS the_AT0 military_NN1 believes_VVZ that_CJT badly_AV0 hobbling_VVG the_AT0 NLD_NP0 and_CJC locking_VVG away_AV0 Suu_NP0 Kyi_NP0 will_VM0 be_VBI a_AT0 death_NN1 knell_NN1 for_PRP the_AT0 opposition_NN1 movement_NN1 ,_PUN it_PNP has_VHZ failed_VVN to_TO0 recognize_VVI the_AT0 depth_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 public_NN1 's_POS anger_NN1 –_PUN and_CJC that_CJT the_AT0 resistance_NN1 is_VBZ more_AV0 anti-junta_AJ0 than_CJS it_PNP is_VBZ pro_AJ0 –_PUN Suu_NP0 Kyi_NP0 ._SENT 
Immediately_AV0 following_VVG the_AT0 coup_NN1 ,_PUN many_DT0 people_NN0 in_PRP Myanmar_NP0 thought_VVD in_PRP "_PUQ institutional_AJ0 terms_NN2 and_CJC opposed_VVD the_AT0 military_AJ0 takeover_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ Khin_NP0 Zaw_NP0 Win_NP0 ,_PUN the_AT0 director_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 Tampadipa_NP0 Institute_NN1 ,_PUN a_AT0 policy-advocacy_NN1 organization_NN1 in_PRP Yangon_NP0 ,_PUN told_VVD me_PNP ._SENT "_PUQ The_AT0 huge_AJ0 protests_NN2 had_VHD an_AT0 almost_AV0 carnival_AJ0 atmosphere_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC things_NN2 changed_VVN when_CJS the_AT0 shootings_NN2 and_CJC killings_NN2 began_VVD ._SENT The_AT0 world_NN1 needs_VVZ to_TO0 know_VVI that_CJT the_AT0 people_NN0 fighting_VVG the_AT0 junta_NN1 are_VBB not_XX0 doing_VDG it_PNP for_PRP Aung_NP0 San_NP0 Suu_NP0 Kyi_NP0 or_CJC the_AT0 NLD_NP0 ._SENT The_AT0 notion_NN1 that_CJT the_AT0 opposition_NN1 will_VM0 collapse_VVI if_CJS Aung_NP0 San_NP0 Suu_NP0 Kyi_NP0 is_VBZ not_XX0 there_EX0 is_VBZ a_AT0 big_AJ0 ,_PUN dangerous_AJ0 delusion_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ 
THE_AT0 DAUGHTER_NN1 OF_PRF AUNG_NP0 SAN_NP0 ,_PUN Myanmar_NP0 's_POS anti-colonial_AJ0 independence_NN1 hero_NN1 ,_PUN Suu_NP0 Kyi_NP0 returned_VVD to_PRP her_DPS homeland_NN1 from_PRP England_NP0 in_PRP 1988_CRD to_TO0 tend_VVI to_PRP her_DPS ailing_AJ0 mother_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 visit_NN1 coincided_VVD with_PRP nationwide_AJ0 protests_NN2 that_CJT would_VM0 eventually_AV0 be_VBI known_VVN as_PRP the_AT0 8888_CRD Uprising_NN1 ._SENT Suu_NP0 Kyi_NP0 joined_VVD the_AT0 movement_NN1 and_CJC ,_PUN owing_VVG to_PRP a_AT0 combination_NN1 of_PRF personal_AJ0 charisma_NN1 and_CJC family_NN1 legacy_NN1 ,_PUN was_VBD elevated_VVN to_PRP a_AT0 revered_AJ0 status_NN1 ._SENT This_DT0 came_VVD with_PRP a_AT0 cost_NN1 ._SENT As_CJS the_AT0 leader_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 opposition_NN1 ,_PUN she_PNP would_VM0 be_VBI detained_VVN off_AVP and_CJC on_AVP at_PRP her_DPS lakeside_NN1 home_AV0 for_PRP some_DT0 15_CRD years_NN2 ,_PUN finally_AV0 winning_VVG her_DPS release_NN1 in_PRP 2010._CRD She_PNP took_VVD her_DPS place_NN1 in_PRP Parliament_NN1 two_CRD years_NN2 later_AV0 ,_PUN rising_VVG to_PRP elected_AJ0 office_NN1 against_PRP a_AT0 backdrop_NN1 of_PRF broader_AJC but_CJC still_AV0 limited_VVN political_AJ0 and_CJC economic_AJ0 liberalization_NN1 ._SENT 
Myanmar_NP0 's_POS banking_NN1 system_NN1 and_CJC telecoms_NN0 sector_NN1 ,_PUN both_AV0 badly_AV0 dated_AJ0 and_CJC subject_AJ0 to_PRP onerous_AJ0 levels_NN2 of_PRF state_NN1 control_NN1 ,_PUN began_VVD to_TO0 be_VBI reformed_VVN ._SENT Civil-society_NN1 groups_NN2 and_CJC labor_NN1 unions_NN2 that_CJT had_VHD been_VBN forced_VVN to_TO0 operate_VVI in_PRP secret_NN1 emerged_VVN from_PRP the_AT0 shadows_NN2 ._SENT Many_DT0 of_PRF the_AT0 constraints_NN2 on_PRP the_AT0 press_NN1 were_VBD lifted_VVN ._SENT The_AT0 changes_NN2 brought_VVD a_AT0 wave_NN1 of_PRF returnees_NN2 ,_PUN eager_AJ0 to_TO0 contribute_VVI to_PRP the_AT0 country_NN1 's_POS new_AJ0 path_NN1 ._SENT Nathan_NP0 Maung_NP0 ,_PUN a_AT0 former_DT0 student_NN1 activist_NN1 who_PNQ fled_VVD in_PRP the_AT0 late_AJ0 1990s_CRD ,_PUN returned_VVD to_TO0 launch_VVI an_AT0 online_AJ0 news_NN1 outlet_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ When_CJS I_PNP got_VVD back_AVP to_PRP Burma_NP0 in_PRP 2012_CRD ,_PUN it_PNP was_VBD changing_VVG ,_PUN "_PUQ he_PNP told_VVD me_PNP ._SENT "_PUQ I_PNP was_VBD so_AV0 excited_AJ0 for_PRP the_AT0 future_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ 
The_AT0 opening_NN1 also_AV0 brought_VVD a_AT0 rush_NN1 of_PRF foreigners_NN2 ,_PUN an_AT0 eclectic_AJ0 collection_NN1 that_CJT included_VVD do-gooders_NN2 ,_PUN carpetbaggers_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC backpackers_NN2 ._SENT There_EX0 were_VBD also_AV0 development_NN1 and_CJC aid_NN1 experts_NN2 who_PNQ had_VHD spent_VVN decades_NN2 working_VVG with_PRP little_AJ0 fanfare_NN1 or_CJC support_NN1 on_PRP the_AT0 Thai-Myanmar_NP0 border_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC academics_NN2 who_PNQ had_VHD dedicated_VVN their_DPS careers_NN2 to_PRP researching_VVG the_AT0 largely_AV0 ignored_VVN country_NN1 ._SENT Some_DT0 businesspeople_NN1 seemed_VVD genuinely_AV0 interested_AJ0 in_PRP helping_VVG the_AT0 country_NN1 develop_VVI ,_PUN but_CJC others_NN2 were_VBD boomtown_AJ0 leeches_NN2 and_CJC wandering_AJ0 oddities_NN2 ._SENT A_AT0 Belarusian_AJ0 video-game_NN1 firm_NN1 bankrolled_VVD a_AT0 failed_AJ0 excavation_NN1 of_PRF lost_AJ0 World_NN1 War_NN1 Two_CRD airplanes_NN2 that_CJT likely_AV0 did_VDD n't_XX0 exist_VVI ._SENT 
The_AT0 upbeat_AJ0 mood_NN1 in_PRP Yangon_NP0 betrayed_VVD what_DTQ was_VBD happening_VVG elsewhere_AV0 ._SENT A_AT0 17-year_AJ0 cease-fire_NN1 between_PRP the_AT0 military_AJ0 and_CJC a_AT0 major_AJ0 armed_AJ0 ethnic_AJ0 group_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 Kachin_NP0 Independence_NN1 Army_NN1 ,_PUN broke_VVD down_AVP in_PRP 2011._CRD A_AT0 year_NN1 later_AV0 ,_PUN violence_NN1 erupted_VVD on_PRP the_AT0 country_NN1 's_POS western_AJ0 border_NN1 ._SENT As_CJS a_AT0 result_NN1 ,_PUN members_NN2 of_PRF the_AT0 Muslim_AJ0 Rohingya_NN1 minority_NN1 were_VBD confined_VVN to_PRP squalid_AJ0 camps_NN2 ,_PUN where_CJS they_PNP still_AV0 reside_VVB ._SENT Deadly_AJ0 anti-Muslim_AJ0 riots_NN2 broke_VVD out_AVP in_PRP a_AT0 number_NN1 of_PRF cities_NN2 across_PRP the_AT0 country_NN1 in_PRP 2013._CRD Suu_NP0 Kyi_NP0 ,_PUN although_CJS still_AV0 technically_AV0 just_AV0 a_AT0 member_NN1 of_PRF Parliament_NN1 ,_PUN carried_VVD an_AT0 unrivaled_AJ0 moral_AJ0 authority_NN1 but_CJC rarely_AV0 wielded_VVD it_PNP in_PRP opposition_NN1 to_PRP this_DT0 violence_NN1 ._SENT 
In_PRP the_AT0 run-up_NN1 to_PRP the_AT0 2015_CRD election_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 NLD_NP0 snubbed_VVD members_NN2 of_PRF a_AT0 prominent_AJ0 activist_NN1 group_NN1 who_PNQ tried_VVD to_TO0 join_VVI its_DPS ranks_NN2 ._SENT The_AT0 NLD_NP0 also_AV0 decided_VVD not_XX0 to_TO0 field_VVI any_DT0 Muslim_AJ0 candidates_NN2 out_AVP of_PRF fear_NN1 of_PRF angering_VVG racist_AJ0 ultranationalists_NN2 ._SENT These_DT0 controversies_NN2 hardly_AV0 dented_VVN Suu_NP0 Kyi_NP0 's_POS domestic_AJ0 popularity_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC the_AT0 NLD_NP0 swept_VVD to_PRP power_NN1 ._SENT Constitutionally_AV0 barred_VVN from_PRP the_AT0 presidency_NN1 because_CJS her_DPS two_CRD sons_NN2 have_VHB foreign_AJ0 citizenship_NN1 (_PUL as_CJS did_VDD her_DPS late_AJ0 husband_NN1 ,_PUN a_AT0 British_AJ0 academic_NN1 )_PUR but_CJC firmly_AV0 at_PRP the_AT0 helm_NN1 of_PRF her_DPS party_NN1 ,_PUN Suu_NP0 Kyi_NP0 created_VVD the_AT0 position_NN1 of_PRF state_NN1 counselor_NN1 ,_PUN making_VVG herself_PNX the_AT0 country_NN1 's_POS highest-ranking_AJS civilian_AJ0 official_NN1 ._SENT Ethnic_AJ0 groups_NN2 ,_PUN progessives_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC some_DT0 members_NN2 of_PRF the_AT0 media_NN0 chafed_VVD at_PRP Suu_NP0 Kiy_NP0 's_POS martinet_NN1 qualities_NN2 –_PUN she_PNP demanded_VVD unquestioning_AJ0 loyalty_NN1 and_CJC was_VBD quickly_AV0 dismissive_AJ0 of_PRF criticism_NN1 –_PUN but_CJC the_AT0 foreign_AJ0 governments_NN2 that_CJT had_VHD long_AV0 supported_VVN her_PNP clung_VVD to_PRP the_AT0 notion_NN1 that_CJT she_PNP was_VBD the_AT0 sole_AJ0 hope_NN1 for_PRP Myanmar_NP0 ,_PUN even_AV0 as_CJS her_DPS words_NN2 and_CJC actions_NN2 ,_PUN particularly_AV0 about_PRP the_AT0 plight_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 Rohingya_NN1 ,_PUN became_VVD more_AV0 difficult_AJ0 to_TO0 defend_VVI ._SENT 
International_AJ0 condemnation_NN1 of_PRF Suu_NP0 Kyi_NP0 reached_VVD its_DPS apex_NN1 in_PRP 2019_CRD ,_PUN when_CJS she_PNP traveled_VVD to_PRP The_AT0 Hague_NP0 to_TO0 defend_VVI the_AT0 military_NN1 against_PRP charges_NN2 of_PRF genocide_NN1 for_PRP its_DPS horrific_AJ0 campaign_NN1 of_PRF violence_NN1 against_PRP the_AT0 Rohingya_NN1 ._SENT Even_AV0 as_CJS her_DPS global_AJ0 allies_NN2 abandoned_VVD her_PNP ,_PUN Suu_NP0 Kyi_NP0 was_VBD viewed_VVN sympathetically_AV0 by_PRP many_DT0 in_PRP Myanmar_NP0 ,_PUN who_PNQ defended_VVD her_PNP as_CJS unfairly_AV0 maligned_VVN and_CJC attacked_VVN by_PRP Westerners_NN2 who_PNQ did_VDD n't_XX0 understand_VVI the_AT0 constraints_NN2 of_PRF the_AT0 country_NN1 's_POS political_AJ0 system_NN1 ,_PUN in_PRP which_DTQ the_AT0 military_NN1 still_AV0 held_VVN considerable_AJ0 power_NN1 ._SENT But_CJC if_CJS Suu_NP0 Kyi_NP0 's_POS efforts_NN2 to_TO0 stand_VVI with_PRP the_AT0 military_NN1 were_VBD designed_VVN to_TO0 curry_VVI favor_NN1 in_PRP an_AT0 effort_NN1 to_TO0 spur_VVI further_AJC political_AJ0 change_NN1 ,_PUN they_PNP proved_VVD to_TO0 be_VBI for_PRP naught_PNI ._SENT 
The_AT0 NLD_NP0 again_AV0 won_VVD by_PRP enormous_AJ0 margins_NN2 in_PRP the_AT0 November_NP0 2020_CRD election_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC as_CJS the_AT0 opening_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 new_AJ0 Parliament_NN1 drew_VVD near_AV0 ,_PUN rumors_NN2 ,_PUN never_AV0 in_PRP short_AJ0 supply_NN1 in_PRP Myanmar_NP0 ,_PUN swirled_VVD about_PRP heightened_AJ0 tensions_NN2 between_PRP the_AT0 military_AJ0 and_CJC Suu_NP0 Kyi_NP0 ._SENT Whatever_DTQ was_VBD left_VVN of_PRF the_AT0 "_PUQ transition_NN1 to_PRP democracy_NN1 "_PUQ was_VBD obliterated_VVN when_CJS Min_NN0 Aung_NP0 Hlaing_NP0 ,_PUN the_AT0 military_NN1 's_POS commander_NN1 in_PRP chief_NN1 ,_PUN seized_VVD power_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 early_AJ0 hours_NN2 of_PRF February_NP0 1._CRD Suu_NP0 Kyi_NP0 spent_VVD "_PUQ significant_AJ0 energy_NN1 in_PRP not_XX0 challenging_VVG the_AT0 military_NN1 's_POS entrenched_AJ0 power_NN1 ,_PUN their_DPS money_NN1 ,_PUN their_DPS impunity_NN1 and_CJC their_DPS weaponry_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC even_AV0 going_VVG so_AV0 far_AV0 as_CJS to_TO0 excuse_VVI their_DPS crimes_NN2 against_PRP humanity_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ says_VVZ David_NP0 Mathieson_NP0 ,_PUN an_AT0 independent_AJ0 analyst_NN1 who_PNQ researches_VVZ human-rights_NN2 and_CJC humanitarian_AJ0 issues_NN2 in_PRP Myanmar_NP0 ._SENT Eventually_AV0 ,_PUN the_AT0 military_NN1 decided_VVD that_CJT it_PNP no_AV0 longer_AV0 needed_VVN to_TO0 pretend_VVI that_CJT anyone_PNI else_AV0 was_VBD in_PRP charge_NN1 ._SENT 
The_AT0 initial_AJ0 demonstrations_NN2 after_PRP the_AT0 coup_NN1 had_VHD an_AT0 optimistic_AJ0 feeling_NN1 ,_PUN as_CJS huge_AJ0 numbers_NN2 of_PRF people_NN0 protested_VVD –_PUN not_XX0 just_AV0 in_PRP large_AJ0 cities_NN2 but_CJC in_PRP towns_NN2 and_CJC villages_NN2 across_PRP the_AT0 country_NN1 ._SENT But_CJC after_PRP initially_AV0 showing_VVG restraint_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 military_NN1 resorted_VVN to_PRP the_AT0 type_NN1 of_PRF violence_NN1 that_CJT has_VHZ been_VBN its_DPS hallmark_NN1 for_PRP decades_NN2 :_PUN firing_VVG on_PRP protesters_NN2 ,_PUN burning_VVG down_AVP homes_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC torturing_VVG individuals_NN2 under_PRP arrest_NN1 ._SENT Security_NN1 forces_NN2 have_VHB killed_VVN more_AV0 than_CJS 1_CRD ,_PUN 300_CRD people_NN0 ._SENT Compounding_VVG the_AT0 country_NN1 's_POS problems_NN2 are_VBB the_AT0 junta_NN1 's_POS mismanagement_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 pandemic_AJ0 and_CJC a_AT0 disastrous_AJ0 economic_AJ0 downturn_NN1 caused_VVN by_PRP the_AT0 coup_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 crackdown_NN1 dramatically_AV0 darkened_VVD the_AT0 mood_NN1 and_CJC has_VHZ led_VVN to_PRP a_AT0 shift_NN1 in_PRP methods_NN2 for_PRP those_DT0 opposed_VVN to_PRP the_AT0 junta_NN1 ._SENT 
The_AT0 military_NN1 's_POS brutality_NN1 has_VHZ radicalized_VVN many_DT0 protesters_NN2 ,_PUN Htet_NP0 Myat_NP0 ,_PUN a_AT0 former_DT0 army_NN1 captain_NN1 who_PNQ defected_VVD in_PRP June_NP0 ,_PUN told_VVD me_PNP ._SENT "_PUQ Our_DPS revolution_NN1 did_VDD not_XX0 change_VVI ,_PUN but_CJC rather_AV0 expanded_VVN in_PRP its_DPS goals_NN2 ,_PUN "_PUQ he_PNP said_VVD ._SENT A_AT0 number_NN1 of_PRF newly_AV0 formed_VVN militias_NN2 ,_PUN some_DT0 supported_VVN by_PRP a_AT0 diverse_AJ0 shadow_NN1 government_NN1 formed_VVN after_PRP the_AT0 coup_NN1 ,_PUN are_VBB waging_VVG a_AT0 countrywide_AJ0 guerrilla_NN1 campaign_NN1 that_CJT has_VHZ cast_VVN aside_AV0 the_AT0 mantra_NN1 of_PRF nonviolence_NN1 long_AV0 preached_VVN by_PRP Suu_NP0 Kyi_NP0 ._SENT A_AT0 19-year-old_AJ0 former_DT0 university_NN1 student_NN1 who_PNQ joined_VVD one_CRD such_DT0 "_PUQ people_NN0 's_POS defense_NN1 force_NN1 "_PUQ told_VVD me_PNP he_PNP was_VBD disillusioned_VVN with_PRP Suu_NP0 Kyi_NP0 's_POS efforts_NN2 to_TO0 work_VVI with_PRP the_AT0 military_NN1 ._SENT (_PUL He_PNP asked_VVD not_XX0 to_TO0 be_VBI identified_VVN ,_PUN because_CJS of_PRF safety_NN1 concerns_NN2 ._SENT )_PUR His_DPS group_NN1 is_VBZ fighting_VVG for_PRP "_PUQ a_AT0 political_AJ0 arena_NN1 that_CJT no_AT0 longer_AV0 includes_VVZ Aung_NP0 San_NP0 Suu_NP0 Kyi_NP0 ,_PUN "_PUQ he_PNP said_VVD ._SENT "_PUQ We_PNP are_VBB working_VVG to_TO0 build_VVI a_AT0 true_AJ0 federal_AJ0 union_NN1 for_PRP the_AT0 whole_AJ0 country_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ 
Until_CJS now_AV0 ,_PUN the_AT0 NLD_NP0 has_VHZ always_AV0 been_VBN firmly_AV0 in_PRP Suu_NP0 Kyi_NP0 's_POS control_NN1 ._SENT She_PNP commanded_VVD all_DT0 of_PRF its_DPS decisions_NN2 ,_PUN surrounded_VVN by_PRP a_AT0 small_AJ0 circle_NN1 made_VVD up_AVP primarily_AV0 of_PRF elderly_AJ0 men_NN2 ._SENT But_CJC they_PNP too_AV0 have_VHB been_VBN sidelined_VVN by_PRP age_NN1 or_CJC systematically_AV0 targeted_VVN by_PRP the_AT0 junta_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ The_AT0 NLD_NP0 is_VBZ now_AV0 decapitated_AJ0 ,_PUN "_PUQ Ye_PNP Myo_NP0 Hein_NP0 ,_PUN a_AT0 public-policy_AJ0 fellow_NN1 at_PRP the_AT0 Wilson_NP0 Center_NN1 in_PRP Washington_NP0 ,_PUN D.C._NP0 ,_PUN told_VVD me_PNP ._SENT He_PNP added_VVD that_CJT the_AT0 NLD_NP0 would_VM0 still_AV0 be_VBI an_AT0 important_AJ0 and_CJC popular_AJ0 party_NN1 if_CJS elections_NN2 were_VBD to_TO0 take_VVI place_NN1 ,_PUN as_CJS the_AT0 junta_NN1 has_VHZ promised_VVN ,_PUN but_CJC that_CJT it_PNP would_VM0 likely_AV0 assume_VVI a_AT0 new_AJ0 form_NN1 ,_PUN led_VVN by_PRP younger_AJC members_NN2 ._SENT 
Nathan_NP0 Maung_NP0 ,_PUN the_AT0 journalist_NN1 ,_PUN was_VBD arrested_VVN in_PRP March_NP0 ._SENT He_PNP was_VBD tortured_VVN by_PRP soldiers_NN2 ,_PUN he_PNP said_VVD ,_PUN and_CJC held_VVD for_PRP 98_CRD days_NN2 before_PRP being_VBG freed_VVN and_CJC deported_VVN to_PRP the_AT0 U.S._NP0 ,_PUN where_AVQ he_PNP is_VBZ a_AT0 citizen_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ This_DT0 is_VBZ a_AT0 very_AV0 interesting_AJ0 moment_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ Maung_NP0 told_VVD me_PNP ._SENT Even_AV0 if_CJS Suu_NP0 Kyi_NP0 were_VBD to_TO0 be_VBI released_VVN ,_PUN he_PNP doubts_VVZ she_PNP would_VM0 be_VBI able_AJ0 to_TO0 stop_VVI the_AT0 opposition_NN1 figures_NN2 –_PUN her_DPS allies_NN2 –_PUN who_PNQ have_VHB taken_VVN up_AVP arms_NN2 ._SENT 
