'Few people have risen so high in the international imagination only to fall as dramatically as Aung San Suu Kyi,' writes CNN's jgriffiths | Analysis
Hong Kong Few people have risen so high in the international imagination only to fall as dramatically as Aung San Suu Kyi.
In 2013, after the Nobel Peace Prize laureate was released from house arrest in Myanmar, as the military regime gradually liberalized in the face of punishing international sanctions, Suu Kyi was hailed in the British parliament as a"conscience of a country and a heroine for humanity.
Stolen son: The child traffickers preying on the Rohingya 22:29Divided countryMany of the problems that Suu Kyi inherited in 2015 were put in place long before the country gained independence from Britain. Myanmar's colonial rulers -- as they did throughout the world -- played ethnic groups against each other, boosting the Christian Karen and other non-Buddhist minorities and importing large numbers of Indian and Chinese workers.
Journalists released from Myanmar prison 02:26Fallen idolFew mythical figures survive intense scrutiny, and Suu Kyi perhaps more than anyone has fallen short of her public image. Her numerous flaws that were once ignored have now come to the surface. These include, according to numerous critics, a tendency to megalomania and authoritarianism, as well as an anti-Muslim bias that had been an open secret for years before the current crisis.
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