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The idea of Myanmar
Aung San Suu Kyi’s ethnic-minority problem …
FEW outside her homeland would dream these days of criticising Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s opposition leader. On her tour of Europe last month, she was swaddled in praise verging on adulation. Her dignity, courage, intelligence and good humour confirmed her many longtime admirers in their good opinion and won her new ones. But at home she is now a politician, not a political prisoner. Flak comes with the territory. Myanmar’s election commission has chided her for not “respecting the constitution”, by repeatedly calling the country not “Myanmar” but “Burma”. Perhaps more worrying for her is that groups representing Myanmar’s ethnic minorities are voicing doubts about her.
• On TT: All Daniel Pedersen