"Once imprisoned and now blacklisted by the government, the Moustache Brothers� comedy troupe continues to push the country�s political envelope. Working in the gravel yard was never supposed to be a part of life for Burma�s notorious Moustache Brothers comedy troupe. But on January 7, 1996, two of its members�U Par Par Lay and Lu Zaw�were arrested in Mandalay, a day after delivering a series of politically sensitive jokes during an Independence Day performance at Aung San Suu Kyi�s house in Rangoon. They were initially sentenced to seven years in prison, with the first stop being the distant Kyein Kran Ka Hard Labor Camp in northern Burma�s Kachin State. Cut off from their family back home, the two cousins began their five-and-a-half arduous years in Burma�s penal system before being released in July 2001..."