Suu Kyi: Rakhine and State

suu kyi: Suu Kyi arrived in the state capital, Sittwe, in the morning and headed to restive northern Rakhine where many Rohingya villages were located, according to CTV. During a 2015 election campaign, she visited southern Rakhine, where there hasn't been much conflict. Her visit to Rakhine state comes as Suu Kyi is under intense international scrutiny for her response to the exodus, which the U.N. has called ethnic cleansing, and as her government said it is working on a plan to repatriate those who fled to Bangladesh. The state counsellor just arrived but she is heading to Maungdaw, northern Rakhine, with the state officials, said Tin Maung Swe, a deputy director of the Rakhine government, using Suu Kyi's official title. More than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh since Aug. 25, when security forces in Buddhist-majority Myanmar began what they called clearance operations in response to deadly attacks on police outposts by insurgents. Government spokesman Zaw Htay would not release Suu Kyi's plans for the trip until later because of security concerns. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.