Exclusive interview with Aung San Suu Kyi

Exclusive interview with Aung San Suu Kyi

Burma Tha Din has secured this exclusive interview with Aung San Suu Kyi

Interviewer
Dear Mother
According to the reports, Human Rights Watch are saying that ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity have been taking place against the Rohingya in Burma. What is your response to this?

DASSK
I am not going to take sides. What we have here is a question of the lack of the rule of law. To solve these problems we need the rule of law.

Interviewer
The European Union lifted the sanctions, saying it is a reward for remarkable change in Burma. But many are saying it is too soon to lift sanctions, because many human rights problems remain. What is your opinion? Is lifting sanctions a good way to promote human rights?

DASSK
These kind of problems happen because there is a problem of the lack of the rule of law. To solve these problems we need the rule of law.

Interviewer
Mother Suu, it is now almost two years since the ceasefire in Kachin State was broken, and since then there have been reports of rape and many other human rights abuses, and tens of thousands of people displaced and suffering because of aid being blocked. Despite promises from the President and military to observe a ceasefire, the Kachin Independence Army says they are still being attacked by the Burmese Army. What do you think should be done to end this conflict?

DASSK
I am not going to take sides. What we have here is a question of the lack of the rule of law. To solve these problems we need the rule of law.

Interviewer
It is learned that more political prisoners are being released this week. How do you say about this?

DASSK
The question of political prisoners arises due to the lack of the rule of law. To solve these problems we need the rule of law.

Interviewer
It is now a year since the EU suspended and then the USA lifted many sanctions, but there has still not been much investment in Burma, why do you think this is?

DASSK
I think that investors are concerned by the lack of the rule of law. To solve these problems we need the rule of law.

Interviewer
What is your opinion on reports that the army and security forces have been raping many women in Rakhine and Kachin State?

DASSK
I am not going to take sides. What we have here is a question of the lack of the rule of law. To solve these problems we need the rule of law.

Interviewer
There is a growing problem of land confiscation across the country, as your have seen yourself at Letpadaung. What do you think should be done about this?

DASSK
What we have here is a question of the lack of the rule of law. To solve these problems we need the rule of law.

Interviewer
Dear Mother, thank you very much for answering my questions today, it has been a great honour.