Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, general secretary of the National League for Democracy, paid her respects to Sitagu Sayadaw U Nya Neikthara at 1500 on 14 June. 

The abbot, who was preparing to inaugurate a Buddhist University in North Dagon, Rangoon, took Daw Aung San Suu Kyi around the campus and gave a sermon.