Trips abroad expose Aung San Suu Kyi's Rohingya Muslim dilemma
When Suu Kyi travels abroad she faces awkward questions about her silence on the plight of Rohingya Muslims.
Lindsay Murdoch is a three-time winner of the Walkley Award, Australia's top award for journalistic excellence. Lindsay is a former correspondent based in Singapore, Jakarta and Darwin. In 1999 he covered the tumultuous events in East Timor, and in 2003 he covered the Iraq war while embedded with US Marines.
When Suu Kyi travels abroad she faces awkward questions about her silence on the plight of Rohingya Muslims.
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Thai authorities have ordered the clearance of food stalls across the capital by the end of the year.
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