"The Depayin Massacre that took place on May 30, 2003 is as particular as it was different from other crimes that have occurred in Burma previously. It was a wellorganized heinous crime, committed by about 5,000 perpetrators under the direct control of the authorities against unarmed civilians including a Nobel Peace Laureate, her supporters and other several innocent people. This attacked was perpetrated with complete impunity as it was publicly committed while the international community was closely monitoring the organizing tour of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, a charismatic leader of the election winning party the National League for Democracy, who has been gaining enormous support of the people. The objective of the authorities in committing such an atrocious crime is to deny the 1990 May election result once and for all by gravely intimidating the whole people..."