Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of Freedom of Oxford over Rohingya crisis

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Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of Freedom of Oxford over Rohingya crisis
By Asian Correspondent Staff | 28th November 2017 | @ascorrespondent

BURMA’S (Myanmar) State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has been stripped of the Freedom of the City of Oxford honour after her failure to act in response to the Rohingya refugee crisis.

According to the BBC, Oxford city council voted on Monday to permanently remove the honour Suu Kyi was granted in 1997 for her “long struggle for democracy.”

“Today we have taken the unprecedented step of stripping her of the city’s highest honour because of her inaction in the face of oppression of the minority Rohingya population,” said city councillor Mary Clarkson who proposed the motion.

Read more at: https://asiancorrespondent.com/2017/11/suu-kyi-oxford-rohingya-crisis/#DAa00irlceMT6hIm.97

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The comments are interesting:

Mohammad Shakhawat Hossain · Internal Audit Manager at Premier 1888 Ltd. (Qualitex Group, BD)
Just salute to authority and citizen of Oxford for keeping their prestige by strip off a killers name from fame list.
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Killer?