Aung San Suu Kyi tattoos flourish among Myanmar's resistance

Studios report surge in requests for tattoos of the deposed civilian leader - and some are using their profits to support protesters

In the last three weeks, Ye, 37, has inked more images of Aung San Suu Kyi than throughout his 19 years of tattooing.

We love and respect her because she has sacrificed so much for us," he says, showing a photo of his latest artwork - a lifelike rendering of the deposed Myanmar leader, complete with jasmine flowers, on a woman's back.