Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi 'angry at being interview by a Muslim'

Myanmars Aung San Suu Kyi angry at being interview by a Muslim
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate who remained under house arrest for 15 years in her native Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi, lost her control during an interview to BBC when she was interviewed by a Muslim anchor. She lost her composure and was heard to mutter angrily, “No one told me I was going to be interviewed by a Muslim,” The Daily Mail reported.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate who remained under house arrest for 15 years in her native Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi, lost her control during an interview to BBC when she was interviewed by a Muslim anchor. She lost her composure and was heard to mutter angrily, “No one told me I was going to be interviewed by a Muslim,” The Daily Mail reported.

BBC Today presenter Mishal Husain gave Suu Kyi a rough ride during a BBC interview. Suu Kyi’s equivocal attitude towards the violence suffered by Burma’s Muslim minority has alarmed by even her most dedicated fans.

When she was repeatedly asked by Husain to condemn anti-Islamic sentiment and the wave of mobled massacres of Muslims in Myanmar, she declined to do so. ‘I think there are many, many Buddhists who have also left the country for various reasons,’ she replied. “This is a result of our sufferings under a dictatorial regime.”

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