20 July

STATE Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, in memory of her father Bogyoke Aung San and other martyred leaders, offered ‘soon’ (day meal) to Members of Sangha at her residence at No 54, University Avenue Road in Bahan Township, Yangon yesterday. 

She received the Five Precepts from Taungzun Sayadaw Ashin Viriya (Dhamma Bheri), made offertories to the Members of Sangha and shared merits of the good deeds at the event. 

She also accepted the letters of good wishes presented by Deputy Chairman of Myanmar Council of Churches Rev. Saw Shwe Lin on behalf of religious organizations in Myanmar. Thanantana Dhamma Palaka (Hindu) Association, Islam Dhamma Beikman, Myanmar Jewish Community, National Baha’I Centre, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yangon, Myanmar Christian Association (Ingalican), and Myanmar Council of Churches sent the letters of good wishes to the State Counsellor for the 73rd Anniversary of Martyrs’ Day. 

MNA (Translated by Kyaw Zin Tun)