Myanmar's Suu Kyi: Prisoner of generals


Myanmar's best-known figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi Suu Kyi remains immensely popular in Myanmar but her legacy abroad was deeply tarnished by her government's handling of the Rohingya crisis. – AFP

MYANMAR'S latest democracy struggle enters its second year with its best-known figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi isolated from the fight, a prisoner of the generals behind the coup and facing the rest of her life in prison.

The Nobel laureate has been held since the putsch that ousted her government in the early hours of Feb 1 last year, ending a brief democratic interlude for the country and sparking huge protests.

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