Nehginpao KipgenThere is an online campaign calling for the confiscation of the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Aung San Suu Kyi in 1991. The campaign against Suu Kyi gained momentum after the publication of a biography written by Peter Popham, titled “The Lady and the Generals: Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma’s struggle for freedom,” which revealed that Suu Kyi lost her temper during a heated interview in October 2013 with BBC Today anchor Mishal Husain, a Muslim of Pakistani descent. Emerson Yuntho, an anti-graft activist who co-initiated the online petition said, “Many people were shocked that such words came from Suu Kyi. But since then, a lot of political changes have happened and so does the political reality of Aung San Suu Kyi herself. Second, Suu Kyi ethnically belongs to the Bama or Burman or Myanma group, which forms almost two-thirds of the country’s population.

Source: Manila Times November 03, 2016 17:20 UTC