Myanmar’s tainted torch-bearer for democracy detained again
Beloved in Myanmar as ‘the Lady’, fulfilled the dreams of millions when her party won a landslide election in 2015 that established the Southeast Asian nation’s first civilian government in half a century.
Aung San Suu Kyi, who spent 15 years under house arrest in the struggle to bring democracy to Myanmar, has been detained along with other leaders of her political party in a military coup.
Beloved in Myanmar as “the Lady”, Ms Suu Kyi fulfilled the dreams of millions when her party won a landslide election in 2015 that established the south-east Asian nation’s first civilian government in half a century.
