PEACE PRIZE WINNER'S SON PICKS UP NOBEL
Author: By Karin Strand, Associated Press
Date: Wednesday, December 11, 1991
Page: 2
Section: NATIONAL/FOREIGN
OSLO -- The oldest son of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese prodemocracy
activist, accepted the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize for his detained mother
yesterday, calling it a reminder of the struggle for human rights in Burma and
elsewhere.
"She would say this prize belongs not to her, but to all those men, women
and children who, even as I speak, continue to sacrifice their well-being,
their freedom and their lives in pursuit of a democratic Burma," said
Alexander Aris.
The 18-year-old said he accepted the Nobel prize for his mother "in the
name of all the people of Burma." He was joined at the ceremony at Oslo City
Hall by his brother, Kim, 14, and their British father, Michael Aris.
His mother could not accept the $1 million prize in person because Burma's
military junta said it would not allow her to return if she left the country.
Suu Kyi is detained at her home in Rangoon, and her family has not seen her
for two years.
The six other 1991 Nobel laureates received their prizes in Stockholm,
Sweden, where they were honored for their contributions in science and
literature. They were: Nadine Gordimer of South Africa, literature; Pierre-
Gilles de Gennes of France, physics; Richard R. Ernst of Switzerland,
chemistry; Erwin Neher and Bert Sakmann of Germany, medicine; and Ronald H.
Coase, a Briton who lives in the United States, economics.
Suu Kyi won the prize for insisting on nonviolence in Burma's struggle for
democracy.
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