Security tight in Burma on martyr's day
Burma’s military rulers tightened security in Yangon today as officials gathered to commemorate the death, 62 years ago, of the father of jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Burma’s independence hero General Aung San and other government leaders were assassinated by gunmen during a Cabinet meeting on July 19, 1947, shortly after Burma gained independence from Britain.
