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Aung's potency

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Political opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi may soon be freed after spending 15 years confined to her home while most of the world has been calling for her release.

Former foreign minister Peter Hain and author Justin Wintle, who who has written Perfect Hostage, a book about Aung, discuss how Aung is perhaps a more potent symbol in captivity than she would be as a free woman.


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