Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi prays at an event marking the anniversary of Martyrs' Day at the Martyrs' Mausoleum in Yangon in this July 19, 2015 file photo. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/Files
NAYPYITAW (Reuters) - When Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi spoke warmly on a recent radio show about a critical meeting that followed her landslide election victory, she was referring to talks with the very man who had detained her for 15 years.
Listeners might have been surprised by the Nobel peace laureate's gentle tone towards Than Shwe, former head of the junta that ruled Myanmar for nearly half a century.
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