After a mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims sparked allegations of ethnic cleansing, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Tuesday her country does not fear international scrutiny.
She told the world that even with an estimated 412,000 Rohingya fleeing to Bangladesh in less than a month as their villages burned and hundreds were killed, the "great majority" of Muslims within the conflict zone stayed and that "more than 50 per cent of their villages were intact." The Nobel Peace laureate's global image has been tarnished ever since Rohingya insurgents attacked Myanmar security forces on August 25.
Rohingya fled their villages in the military crackdown that followed. Many of their villages were in flames when they left.
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