?There is no rule of law? - Aung San Suu Kyi Talks to Al Jazeera (video)

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Video interview with Stephen Cole..... "Myanmar is a country in transition. After years of unforgiving military rule its borders are beginning to open to outside scrutiny. "The march to freedom is being led by Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace laureate and chairperson of the opposition National League for Democracy. "She had returned to Burma in 1988 after years of living abroad, only to encounter a violent military dictatorship. She became the loudest voice calling for democracy and human rights..."..... 8.50 minutes into the interview, in response to Stephen Cole?s reference to the Burmans? comprising "two thirds of the population?", she said "No, no, "we [the Burmans] are actually the minority in the whole country because the other ethnic nationalities make up about 60%..."

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Al Jazeera - "Talk to Al Jazeera"

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2013-12-28

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2013-12-29

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