YANGON: Myanmar’s junta chief on Saturday attended annual commemorations for the country’s assassinated independence hero for the first time since the military seized power more than four years ago.
Known affectionately as “Bogyoke” (General), Aung San led Myanmar’s battle for independence from Britain but was gunned down in July 1947, just months before his dream was finally realised.
His daughter Aung San Suu Kyi – who was two at the time of his death – became a democracy figurehead, Nobel laureate, and nemesis of the military.