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“The party runs the risk of losing its main prop.”Myanmar leader Aung
San Suu Kyi makes a hand gesture while wearing a face shield, mask and
gloves during a September 8 flag-raising ceremony to mark the first day
of election campaigning at the National League for Democracy party’s
temporary headquarters in Naypyitaw. Myanmar holds a general election on
November 8. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar (AFP) — As Aung San Suu Kyi is vilified internationally for denying genocide against the Rohingya, her opponents in Sunday’s Myanmar election are ramping up the rhetoric against the Muslim minority.
There was global revulsion at military-backed operations in 2017 that saw hundreds of thousands of people flee burning villages into the squalor of refugee camps in neighboring Bangladesh.
There was global revulsion at military-backed operations in 2017 that saw hundreds of thousands of people flee burning villages into the squalor of refugee camps in neighboring Bangladesh.