Editing The Aung San Family In Myanmar

Her mother was ambassador to India in the 1960s. She is cherished by all her countrymen.<br><br>Moreover, Aung San [http://www.superghostblogger.com/?s=Suu%20Kyi Suu Kyi] is the daughter of an illustrious figure in Burmese history, a national hero - Aung San, who was murdered in 1947.<br><br>Aung San may be a hero to the Burmese but he has collaborated with the Japanese war-crime tainted military machine throughout the second world war - though he conveniently switch allegiances to the winning side five months before the Japanese capitulated.<br><br>Aung San raised a Burmese contingent - the "Burma Independence Army" - to assist the Japanese in their invasion of [http://www.visahanquocgiare.com/ burma burma] in 1942. He was rewarded with the post of minister of defense in Ba Maw's puppet government (1943-5). <br><br>In March 1945, in what amounted to a coup, he opportunistically defected, together with the Burma National Army, to the Allies, and worked closely with the British, whom he hitherto claimed to have been fighting for independence.<br><br>When the war was over, he established a private militia, under his commend - the People's Volunteer Organization. He proceeded to negotiate Burma's independence from Britain and its first elections. He was murdered - with his brother and four others - probably by a political opponent, U Saw, in 1947.