Aung San Suu Kyi with Mike Pence, Nov 2018. Irrawady.com

By Kyaw Phyo Tha

The Irrawaddy -Nov 16

Remarks about Rohingya refugees by State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on the sidelines of this week’s ASEAN summit in Singapore have caused a stir in Myanmar.  Delivering the Trump administration’s most high-profile criticism to date of the persecution of Rohingya Muslims, Pence said at a press briefing attended by the two that state violence against the group was “without excuse”.

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First published in: The Irrawaddy