'Time alone cannot heal Burma wounds', Aung San Suu Kyi tells LSE
Speaking at the London School of Economics, the Burmese pro-democracy campaigner argues progress in the country depends on an understanding of the rule of law, saying justice cannot be done unless it is seen to be done.
Aung San Suu Kyi started a week-long visit to Britain on Tuesday, her
67th birthday, telling hundreds of students and academics that time alone
will not heal the wounds of her country.
Her first public event in the UK was a debate at the London School of
Economics on how Burma can move to the rule of law, a reminder of the tough
road ahead for the leader of the Southeast Asian country's reform movement.
Ms Suu Kyi told the audience that time alone "will not heal" Burma
and "there has to be acknowledgment" of the wrongs of the past.
"The progress that we hope to make with regard to democratisation and
reform," she said, "depends so much on an understanding of the
importance of the rule of law."
Ms Suu Kyi, who is on her first overseas trip since 1988, received a standing
ovation as she took the stage during the panel discussion.
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