My hon. Friend is making an extraordinarily powerful point. We should all be familiar with the point that during the transition, the military retained 25% of control in the Myanmar Parliament. The commander-in-chief is no fan of Aung San Suu Kyi, so she is in an extraordinarily difficult position. Yes, we would like her to speak out more, but we must also recognise that in the longer term the progress we have seen in Burma could easily go backwards, and that would endanger peace throughout the country, not only in Rakhine.
The Rohingya and the Myanmar Government
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Swire
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 17 October 2017.
It occurred during Backbench debate on The Rohingya and the Myanmar Government.
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