Many people, both citizens and those visiting the country, took extraordinary steps to help those oppressed by Myanmar’s military dictators during the 2007 Saffron Revolution and the 2008 Cyclone Nargis, often at their own peril. At least one such person has sought and received aid in New Zealand.

From Radio New Zealand News:

A woman who co-ordinated disaster relief work in Myanmar and helped monks flee Government crackdowns there has won refugee status in New Zealand.

The businesswoman from Yangon, who has not been named, took part in large-scale demonstrations and facilitated meetings between foreign activists and the pro-democracy opposition, including its leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

The woman changed money on the black market to help monks during their protests in 2007 and so they could buy and transport food rations for victims of last year’s cyclone.

And that would be one woman from how many thousands?