Lost idol - New wave of Myanmar youth activists look beyond Suu Kyi


  • World
  • Saturday, 01 Dec 2018

FILE PHOTO:Myanmar press freedom advocates and youth activists hold a demonstration demanding the release of jailed Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo in Yangon, Myanmar September 16, 2018. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar youth activist and television host Thinzar Shun Lei Yi would once have called herself one of Aung San Suu Kyi's greatest fans. Now, she is one of her most vocal critics.

The 27-year-old belongs to a small but high-profile group of liberal activists, many former die-hard Suu Kyi supporters, who are growing increasingly disillusioned with the administration they voted into power with sky-high hopes three years ago.

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