Synopsis
In the end, Suu Kyi, 75, could not protect her people, nor could she placate the generals. On Monday, the military, which had ruled the country for nearly five decades, seized power again in a coup, cutting short the governance of her National League for Democracy after just five years.
New York Times
In the years Myanmar was cowed by a military junta, people would tuck away secret photos of Aung San Suu Kyi, talismans of the heroine of democracy who would save her country from a fearsome army even though she was under house arrest.
But after she and her party won historic elections in 2015 and again last year by a landslide cementing civilian government and her own popularity within Myanmar Suu Kyi came to be viewed by the outside world as something altogether different: a fallen patron saint who had made a Faustian pact with the generals and no longer deserved her Nobel Peace Prize.
Hannah Beech, The New York Times
Published: 02 Feb 2021 11:51 AM BdST
Updated: 02 Feb 2021 12:17 PM BdST FILE PHOTO: Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech to the nation over Rakhine and Rohingya situation, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar September 19, 2017. REUTERS FILE PHOTO: Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi walks to take an oath at the lower house of parliament in Naypyitaw May 2, 2012. REUTETS FILE PHOTO: Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi attends the opening session of the 31st ASEAN Summit in Manila, Philippines, November 13, 2017. REUTERS
In the years Myanmar was cowed by a military junta, people would tuck away secret photos of Aung San Suu Kyi, talismans of the heroine of democracy who would save her country from a fearsome army even though she was under house arrest.
Myanmar s military has already replaced ministry officials, as citizens feel fight for democracy lost Feb 02, 2021, 08:59 AM
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Soldiers stand guard on a blockaded road to Myanmar s parliament in Naypyidaw on February 1, 2021, after the military detained the country s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the country s president in a coup.
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The Myanmar military has already replaced 11 ministers and deputies removed during Monday s coup.
Citizen leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained, urged supporters to protest the coup.
The military said they d be taking control for at least a year due to unfounded accusations of election fraud.
In the years Myanmar was cowed by a military junta, people would tuck away secret photos of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, talismans of the heroine of democracy who would save her country from a fearsome army even though she was under house arrest.
But after she and her party won historic elections in 2015 and again last year by a landslide cementing her own popularity within Myanmar Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi came to be viewed by the outside world as something altogether different: a fallen patron saint who had made a Faustian pact with the generals and no longer deserved her Nobel Peace Prize.