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The Real Story: What's Gone Wrong in Myanmar?

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What's Gone Wrong in Myanmar?

08/09/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - The Real Story, What's Gone Wrong in Myanmar?

Why is Aung San Suu Kyi refusing to denounce army brutality in Rakhine State?

Why is Aung San Suu Kyi refusing to denounce army brutality against Muslim Rohingya in Rakhine State?

As tens of thousands of Muslim Rohingya refugees flee Myanmar for Bangladesh we ask who's responsible for the violence in Rakhine state that's forcing them out. It all looked so different two years ago when Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi won landmark elections in Myanmar at the start of what looked like a new era for the country, free from dominance by the army. On this week on Newshour Extra, Owen Bennett Jones and his guests discuss what has gone wrong in Myanmar and ask why Aung San Suu Kyi - who made her reputation defending human rights - is refusing to denounce the military's actions against the Rohingya.

Photo: Rohingya refugees from Myanmar's Rakhine state arriving at the Bangladeshi border. Getty Images

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