THE STRAITS TIMES
Oct 24, 2019,
In a photo taken on Aug 20, 2019, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivers the opening speech during the Myanmar-Japan-US Forum on Fostering Responsible Investment in Yangon.PHOTO: AFP
YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has bemoaned the lack of global scrutiny on extremism and "terrorists" inside Rakhine state, where her country's army stands accused of committing genocide against Rohingya Muslims.
The comments from the Nobel laureate are part of a longstanding defence of the army campaign against the Rohingya, which drove nearly three-quarters of a million of the minority into Bangladesh in 2017.
That campaign brought US sanctions on key military figures and allegations of genocide by United Nations investigators.