The Lady and The Hague: Myanmar leader Suu Kyi courts home audience

The last time Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi travelled to western Europe, she was feted as the freshly elected civilian ruler of a fledgeling democracy who had brought an end to half a century of military dictatorship.

Myanmar denies the allegations, and Suu Kyi’s office said she would fly to The Hague for the first hearings, from Dec 10, to “defend the national interest”. But at home, the announcement has unleashed a wave of popular support, with the leader who spent 15 years under house arrest for defying the army lauded as once again championing the interests of the people against a common enemy.

United Nations investigators have said the exodus was the result of a military campaign executed with “genocidal intent”. “Myanmar people do not support people being driven from their homes. But it is different with these Bengalis leaving,” spokesman Myo Nyunt said, using a term common in Myanmar but rejected by the Rohingya because it implies they are interlopers from Bangladesh who invented an ethnic identity.

“As far as we know there is Inn Din massacre and Gu Dar Pyin,” said Myo Nyunt. “That’s all... As far as [Suu Kyi] knows, there is no such thing as genocide.”Recent weeks in Myanmar have had the flavour of election season, with several pro-Suu Kyi rallies in major cities attended by hundreds of people carrying flags. More are planned for the first day of the hearings.

At least OfficialSuuKyi has the morality to do the right thing unlike Malaysia's coward imperialists and feudalists and their Islamofascist despots and warlords who refuse to show accountability to the international community for their immoral actions against minority groups.

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