Aung San Suu Kyi: Lannister or Stark?


Stone-faced defendant: Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s state councillor at the International Court of Justice. — AFP

IS she Cersei Lannister – cold, cynical and deadly? Or Sansa Stark – noble, long-suffering and genuine?

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi – the general’s daughter, presiding over a desperately fragile state has gone from being the Tatmadaw’s (military’s) nemesis to their apologist or, worse yet, enabler.

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