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Published: 03 Jul 2021 10:49 AM BdST
Updated: 03 Jul 2021 10:49 AM BdST “The case is lost but the cause is won,” says U Khin Maung Zaw, a human rights lawyer in Myanmar who is representing Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. TWITTER
During his decades as a lawyer in Myanmar, Khin Maung Zaw has lost nearly all of his cases. It is a record that fills him with pride. );
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“My motto, and the motto of human rights lawyers in Myanmar, is simple,” he said. “The case is lost, but the cause is won.”
Khin Maung Zaw, 73, is now representing yet another client who is unlikely to receive a fair trial: Aung San Suu Kyi, the 76-year-old civilian leader of Myanmar whose elected government was toppled by an army coup in February.
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Says NLD Will Survive as Long as the People do
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in Naypyitaw in September 2020. / The Irrawaddy
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By The Irrawaddy 24 May 2021
Following the military regime’s plan to dissolve the National League for Democracy (NLD) party, Myanmar’s detained leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has said that the NLD will be there as long as the people are because the party was founded for the people.
Last Friday, the junta-appointed Union Election Commission chairman U Thein Soe said the NLD “must be abolished” for alleged voter fraud in last November’s election. He also threatened action against “traitors” involved.