Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi accused the international community on Friday of stoking resentment between Buddhists and Muslims in the country’s northwest, where an army crackdown has killed at least 86 people and sent 10,000 fleeing to Bangladesh. Aung San Suu Kyi appealed for understanding of her nation’s ethnic complexities, and said the world should not forget the military operation was launched in response to attacks on security forces that the government has blamed on Muslim insurgents. In northern Rakhine, one of the poorest parts of the country, Muslims outnumber the ethnic Rakhine population. “In the Rakhine, it’s not just the Muslims who are nervous and worried,” said Suu Kyi. Still, Aung San Suu Kyi said the government has “managed to keep the situation under control and to calm it down”.

Source: The Guardian December 03, 2016 06:23 UTC