Myanmar’s State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi waves to supporters upon arriving back in Naypyidaw on December 14, 2019. Photo: AFP/Thet Aung
Myanmar nominal leader’s defense of Rohingya crackdown at ICJ boosts her re-election chances
To much of the world, Myanmar’s nominal leader Aung San Suu Kyi is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate turned genocide denier. At home, she is seen as a heroine who went to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to defend and uphold her country’s honor, though not necessarily in defense of the powerful military with which she has been at loggerheads for years.