The role of students in Burma should not be underestimated. In Burma, as in many Asian countries, students consider themselves to be key players in political change. It will be difficult for the junta to erase that tradition. Student leader Min Ze Ya and his group released a statement in January of this year calling for the junta to release all student detainees. As a result he was banished by military intelligence to his home town in Mon State.
Many student activists are in similar situations and under strict surveillance.
We can see there is so much anger and frustration. But the opposition is working for the long term. Suu Kyi is doing the right thing. She knows what she is doing. The urban opposition suffered heavily under the regime.