so let's talk more about this with thomas mcmanus joining us from london director of the international state crime initiative at queen mary university of london thomas thanks for your time 1st of all just acutely what's happened today with unsung suchi being detained on actually. a violation of an import export laws something like that it seems like a very minor infringement but i guess this is a law being used against terrible what she could have repealed when they were in power. yeah that's right this is a law that has been used in the past to target activists and as you say it's a it's a very serious charge that charges that you have a walkie talkie so if you charge for importing communications equipment or possessing illegal communications equipment and it is it is a charge that is not based on the rule of law and we didn't have you know a very good rule of law before monday and we certainly don't have any now so these are these are literally trumped up charges on behalf of the military as a way of as a way of justifying tension but there's no justification ok so detention for 2 we

experience of democracy has perhaps come to an end cocktail of this of the young al-jazeera spoke to thomas mcmanus a little earlier who is the director of the international state crime initiative at queen mary university of london and he studies a lot to do with me in viruses since unsung search he defended the military against genocide charges i no longer had any use for. her reputation has been tarnished internationally because of her lisicki with the top model the mime our military in the persecution of the right hand just pacifically the genocide there and also with other ethnic groups and she has used your political capital she built up over the years to protect the military so her reputation internationally has been tarnished her reputation inside burma is not started at all and the burmese people still revere her and when it comes down to a choice between her and the military they're going to choose her i would say. and so this pressure that the international community is putting on not because it is about democracy and we're not sure what her motivations were for providing cover for the mi

brief experience of democracy has perhaps come to an end the tale of this of a young al-jazeera thomas mcmanus is the director of international state crime initiative at queen mary university of london he says since suchi defended the military against those charges of genocide they no longer had any use for. her reputation has been tarnished internationally because of her lisicki with the top model the maya moore military in the persecution of the right hand just pacifically the genocide there and also with other ethnic groups and she has used your political capital she built up over the years to protect the military so her reputation internationally has been tarnished her reputation inside burma is not artist at all the burmese still revere her and when it comes down to a choice between her and the military they're going to choose her i would say. and so this pressure that the international community is putting on it is about democracy and we're not sure what her motivations were for providing cover for the military but she has become closer and closer and it seems now she has i believe her u