The year before , her dying husband petitioned the Myanmar authorities to allow him to visit his wife . Aung San Suu Kyi has vowed to fight for democracy . She has been under house arrest for much of the past two years . She has defiantly challenged the authority of the military junta . She compared Myanmar 's government to South African apartheid .
Aung San Suu Kyi has vowed to fight for democracy . She has been under house arrest for much of the past two years . She has defiantly challenged the authority of the military junta . She compared Myanmar 's government to South African apartheid .