Regime ‘monitoring’ Aung San Suu Kyi 80th birthday tributes

Sources close to the regime in Naypyidaw told DVB that administration officials were ordered to monitor any public campaigns across the country, or online, to mark the 80th birthday of jailed State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday. 

“This order applies nationwide, not just to Yangon. Intelligence officials will monitor every street in plain clothes,” the source told DVB on the condition of anonymity. The source added that anyone wearing flowers or blue shirts — a symbol of prison uniforms — will be subject to scrutiny.

Over the last four years, people inside Myanmar and abroad have participated in an online “Flower Strike” on June 19 to raise awareness about Aung San Suu Kyi’s detention. She’s been held by the regime since the military coup on Feb. 1, 2021.