There was little damage caused by the attack, Kyi Toe, an official from her National League for Democracy (NLD) party wrote in a Facebook posting. US diplomat Bill Richardson was the latest to lambast Suu Kyi last week as he resigned from her panel set up to ease communal tensions in Rakhine. The attack comes almost exactly a year after the assassination of a top Muslim lawyer and advisor to Suu Kyi. During the election campaign Suu Kyi’s security was beefed up over fears she could become a target for assassination. In 2003 a convoy carrying “The Lady” was attacked by a mob as she travelled across the country, an incident widely seen as an attempt by the then dictatorship to assassinate her.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 01, 2018 08:37 UTC