The ties that bind Suu Kyi?s hands

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"Myanmar?s leader has been widely condemned for the Rohingya humanitarian crisis but the blame for abuses more squarely lies with the autonomous military"...By law... Suu Kyi has no power over the wholly autonomous military, which is under the exclusive control of Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. While Suu Kyi was criticized for the ill-treatment of Rohingya even before August this year, Min Aung Hlaing visited Austria and Germany in April, Russia in June, India in July and Japan in August. On each visit he received a red carpet welcome while the Rohingya crisis, not to mention the wars against Kachin, Palaung and Shan ethnic minority rebels in Myanmar?s north, was apparently never broached..."

Creator/author: 

Bertil Lintner

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"Asia Times"

Date of Publication: 

2017-10-21

Date of entry: 

2017-10-23

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English

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