Suu Kyi and Anti-Muslim Sentiment

Peter Popham's book The Lady and The Generals published last March tells the story of Aung San Suu Kyi getting upset in an interview with BBC journalist Mishal Husain two years ago. Their discussion soured after the journalist asked about Suu Kyi's silence about the 2013 persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State.

She initially tried to ward off the question by not really answering it. Both Muslims and Buddhists, Suu Kyi said, were victims. Husain persisted, saying it was the Rohingyas who were being persecuted in Rakhine, not Buddhists. After the interview, Suu Kyi was heard muttering, "No one told me I was to be interviewed by a Muslim."

April 5, 2016