"On 11 June, the state-run New Light of Myanmar published an editorial by Kyaw Ye Min, defending the SPDC?s continued detention of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Min, however, should be viewed as a mouthpiece of the regime, and his editorial must be interpreted as a policy statement from the SPDC itself. The proper media for such a message is a government office such as the Attorney General?s Office and not the New Light of Myanmar. The argument insists that Daw Suu?s six-year-old house arrest is the proper application of a valid and just law. With dangerously flawed reasoning, the regime indicates that any law is defensible so long as it serves the good of the nation. Using a disturbing comprehension of legal principles, the SPDC then attempts to show that Daw Suu?s house arrest follows the 1975 Law to Safeguard the State Against the Dangers of Those Desiring to Cause Subversive Acts (also called the 1975 State Protection Act or simply the Act) to the letter. Curiously, the argument concludes by pointing to controversial and widely condemned legislation elsewhere as proof that the SPDC is following the example of other jurisdictions. The following is a rebuttal to the New Light of Myanmar editorial that wholeheartedly condemns both the Act itself and the illegal restriction of Daw Suu?s liberty..."