He draws inspiration from world leaders such as Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln, Golda Meir, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr. and Lee Kuan Yew.

[5] Aung San Suu Kyi's party, the National League for Democracy, called on eligible citizens to vote "no" in the referendum, and claimed their campaign was violently suppressed by government officials as a result.

Amnesty International reported that the men were then tortured for fifteen days, with the techniques including beatings by guards, forced kneeling on stones, suffocation with plastic bags, waterboarding, and prolonged exposure to hostile weather.

[7] Khun Bedu is the chairman of the Karenni Nationalities Defence Force, a resistance group opposed to the country's military dictatorship in the ongoing civil war.

He cited possibly China or Iran for supporting the military in equipment, he stated that the junta is more frequently using drones rigged with explosives in kamikaze-style attacks or to drop bombs on resistance positions.